mangalyaan - india's first interplanetary mission to mars

AIAA SPACE 2013 ConferenceBy

Prasad Sundararajan

Indian Mars Orbiter (“Mangalyaan”) Mission

Indian Space Program Earth Observation (IRS, INSAT, IRNSS) Space Science & Planetary Exploration

Chandrayaan-I India’s first deep space mission Discoveries of the mission

Indian Mars Orbiter (“Mangalyaan”) Mission India’s first interplanetary mission to the Red Planet

Mars Orbiter Spacecraft

Navigation & Communication

Science Objectives & Payloads

Future Missions

Indian Mars Orbiter (“Mangalyaan”) Mission

Indian Mars Orbiter (“Mangalyaan”) Mission

A PSLV launch by ISRO

Chandrayaan-1 MissionObjectives:

Place an unmanned spacecraft in polar

orbit around the moon

Conduct mineralogical and chemical

mapping of the entire lunar surface (95%)

Upgrade technological base for future

planetary missions

Orbit: Lunar Polar Orbit at 100 KM Circular

Launched by Indian PSLV XL.

Timeline: Oct 22, 2008 - Aug 29, 2009

Spacecraft:

Basic architecture derived from the IRS

satellite bus, Spacecraft mass 1380 kg.

Single solar panel generated 700 W power.

Onboard liquid engine with 440 N

performed orbit raising maneuvers.

Eleven Science Instruments

(ISRO - 5, NASA - 2, ESA - 3, Bulgaria - 1)Credit: NASA/ ISRO

Credit: ISRO

Credit: NASA/APL/ USGS

Magmatic Water detected

on Moon’s Surface at

Bullialdus impact crater

by M3 Instrument carried

aboard Chandrayaan-1

- NASA, August 27, 2013

Indian Mars Orbiter (“Mangalyaan”) Mission

Indian Mars Orbiter (“Mangalyaan”) Mission

Credit: ISRO Annual Report 2012-13

India’s First Interplanetary Mission to the Red Planet

Indian Mars Orbiter (“Mangalyaan”) Mission

Credit: ISRO

Indian Mars Orbiter (“Mangalyaan”) Mission

Credit: Mission Mars: India’s Quest for the Red Planet, Springer 2014.

Indian Mars Orbiter (“Mangalyaan”) Mission

Artist’s Concept. NASA/JPL-Caltech

It takes about 5 to 20 minutes for a signal to travel between Earth and Mars,

depending on where the planets are in their orbits.

Indian Mars Orbiter (“Mangalyaan”) Mission

Science Objectives:

Exploration of Martian Surface Features Morphology Topography Mineralogy

Study of Martian Upper Atmosphere Detect and measure Methane with an accuracy of ppb Explore the Martian Exosphere (>= 400 km above the surface of Mars) neutral density and composition

Optical Imaging Mars Phobos and Deimos Context for Science Payloads

Indian Mars Orbiter (“Mangalyaan”) Mission

Payload Mass

(kg)

Primary Scientific Objective

Lyman Alpha Photometer (LAP) 1.5 Escape processes of Mars upper atmosphere through

Deuterium/Hydrogen

Methane Sensor for MARS (MSM) 3.6 Detect presence of Methane

Martian Exospheric Composition

Explorer (MENCA)

4.3 Study the neutral composition of the Martian upper atmosphere

MARS Color Camera (MCC) 1.4 Optical imaging

TIR imaging spectrometer (TIS) 4.0 Map surface composition and mineralogy

Science Payloads

Indian Mars Orbiter (“Mangalyaan”) Mission

Mangalyaan Probe at ISRO Satellite Facility

Credit: ISRO