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05-11-2013: PSLV-C25, in its twenty fifth flight,
successfully launches Mars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft from SDSC SHAR
Sriharikota
07-11-2013: The first orbit raising manoeuvre of Mars
Orbiter Spacecraft, starting at 01:17 hrs(IST) on Nov 07, 2013 successfully
completed
08-11-2013: The second orbit raising
manoeuvre of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, starting at 02:18:51 hrs(IST), with a
burn time of 570.6 seconds successfully completed. The observed change in
Apogee is from 28814 km to 40186 km
09-11-2013: The third orbit raising
manoeuvre of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, starting at 02:10:43 hrs(IST) on Nov 09,
2013, with a burn time of 707 seconds successfully completed. The observed
change in Apogee is from 40186km to 71636km.
11-11-2013: In
the fourth orbit-raising operation conducted on Nov 11, 2013 the apogee
(farthest point to Earth) of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft was raised from 71,623 km
to 78,276 km by imparting an incremental velocity of 35 metres/second (as
against 130 metres/second originally planned to raise apogee to about 100,000
[1 lakh] km). The spacecraft is in normal health.
12-11-2013: Fourth
supplementary orbit raising manoeuvre of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, starting at
05:03:50 hrs(IST) on Nov 12, 2013, with a burn Time of 303.8 seconds
successfully completed. The observed change in Apogee is from 78276km to
118642km.
16-11-2013: The
fifth orbit raising manoeuvre of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, starting at 01:27
hrs(IST) on Nov 16, 2013, with a burn Time of 243.5 seconds successfully
completed. The observed change in Apogee is from 118642km to 192874km.
01-12-2013: Medium Gain Antenna of the
Mars Orbiter Spacecraft is powered for long distance communication, subsequent
to successful Trans Mars Injection (TMI) manoeuvre. Trans Mars Injection (TMI)
operations completed successfully. The liquid engine burn time was 1328.89 sec
and the imparted incremental velocity was 647.96 m/sec.
02-12-2013: Spacecraft has travelled a
distance of 5,36,000 km by 17:00 hrs (IST) of Dec 2, 2013. It has crossed the
distance to Moon's orbit around Earth (mean distance 3,85,000 km) this morning.
04-12-2013: Spacecraft has traversed
beyond the Sphere of Influence (SOI) of Earth extending about 9,25,000 km at
around 1:14 hrs (IST) on Dec 4, 2013.
11-12-2013: The
first Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre (TCM) of Spacecraft was carried out
successfully at 06:30 hrs (IST) by firing the 22 Newton Thrusters for a
duration of 40.5 seconds. The spacecraft is travelling at a distance of about
29 lakh (2.9 million) km away from Earth.11-02-2014: 100 Days Of Mars Orbiter
Spacecraft.
09-04-2014: Mars
Orbiter Spacecraft Crosses Half Way Mark of its Journey.
12-06-2014: The second Trajectory
Correction Manoeuvre (TCM-2) of India's Mars Orbiter Spacecraft was
successfully performed on June 11, 2014 at 1630 hrs IST. TCM-2 was performed by
firing the spacecraft's 22 Newton thrusters for a duration of 16 seconds.
16-09-2014: Time-tagged commands to
execute Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) uploaded.
17-09-2014: Uploading of commands for
Fourth Trajectory Correction Manoeuver and test-firing of Main Liquid Engine
(scheduled for Sep 22, 2014) is in progress.
22-09-2014: Test
Firing of Main Liquid Engine of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft is successful.
24-09-2014: Mangalyaan
enters Mars orbit.