1. MARS ORBITER MISSION

2. The Planet MarsMars is the fourth planet from the Sun.Named after the Roman god of war, andoften described as the Red Planet due toits reddish appearance. Mars is a terrestrialplanet with a thin atmosphere composedprimarily of carbon dioxide.Mass: 641,693,000,000,000 billion kg (0.107 xEarth)Notable Moons: Phobos & DeimosOrbit Distance: 227,943,824 km (1.38 AU)Orbit Period: 686.98 Earth days (1.88 Earthyears)Surface Temperature: -87 to -5 CFirst Record: 2nd millennium BCRecorded By: Egyptian astronomers 3. REACHING MARSNo country has ever had a successful Mars mission atthe first attempt. Only 3 countries have sentsuccessful Martian missions. India is the 4th.Six countries have tried their hands to send missions toMars, India being the seventh. Only United States, Russia,and France were a part of this Mars club, until today. Nocountry, until today, had ever had a successful Marsmission at the first attempt except India.USA sent its first Mars mission in 1960, and then severalothers, all of which failed. In 1964, NASAs Mariners 4 wasthe first successful man-made mission to Mars. Themission was just to perform a flyby. In contrast, in 1964,Independent India was only 17 years old, struggling tomaintain its economy, and a year later in 65, India wouldfight a war with Pakistan.In all, a total number of 51 Martian missions have beentried, and only 21 of them have been successful. This doesnot include Indias mission. 4. MISSION POSSIBLE The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), alsocalled Mangalyaan "Mars-craft" is a spacecraftorbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian SpaceResearch Organisation (ISRO). It is India's first interplanetary mission and ISRO has become thefourth space agency to reach Mars, after the Soviet spaceprogram, NASA, and the European Space Agency. Mangalyaan - is built with a cost of Rs. 454 crores (that is aroundRs.4 per Indian, Rs. 12 per km). It is the cheapest Mars mission,ever! 5. OBJECTIVESThe primary objective of the Mars Orbiter Missionis to showcase India's rocket launch systems,spacecraft-building and operations capabilities.The secondary objective is to explore Mars'surfacefeatures, morphology, mineralogy and Martianatmosphere using indigenous scientificinstruments.To determine the quantities of water in Martianatmosphere that will help scientists around theworld understand the history of Mars and howmuch water has been lost to Martian atmospherein the past. The mission will also be to determinequantities of methane in the atmosphere, anotherkey element for life. 6. TRAJECTORY 7. COMPONENTSIn terms of science there are 5 payloads Lyman Alpha Photometer(LAP)- It will measurethe deuterium to hydrogen concentrationratio in the atmosphere which will help you toanalyse the amount of water loss to outer space. Methane Sensor for Mars(MSM) - It will tryto estimate the trace amount of methane in themartian atmosphere. Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyzer (MENCA) is a quadrupole mass analyzer capable of analyzing theneutral composition of particles in the exosphere. 8. Mars Colour Camera (MCC) This tri-color camera givesimages & information about the surface features andcomposition of Martian surface. They are useful to monitorthe dynamics events and weather of mars. Thermal Infrared Sensor- It will give the details ofelevation and hotspots. Basically to understand thesurface morphology. 9. Cheapest, yes. Useless? No.While there have been several critics of the mission given thelow-profile objectives of the mission, Mars Orbiter Mission isin fact a significant one for ISRO and India.Apart from scientific benefits, the missionwill also serve to advance scientific temperin the country and to inspire children to takeup space exploration.Isro uses its technology to help othercountries put their equipment in space. Thesuccess of the Mars mission could transformIndia into a big hub for cheap yet high-qualityspace projects. 10. SPACE ODYSSEYNov 5, 2013: PSLV-C25 launched fromSriharikota in an elliptical orbit around the earthDec 1: Trans Mars Injection, a propulsivemanoeuvre used to set a spacecraft on atrajectory, completed at 00:49amDec 4: The spacecraft finally left the influence ofthe earth and began travelling along a chalkedout heliocentric pathSep 22, 2014: Liquid Apogee Motor engineawakened after 300 days, performs final pathcorrectionSep 24: Orbiter enters Mars orbit 11. NASAs incredible support to themission.American space agency has been incrediblysupportive of our Mars Orbiter Mission. NASAsfuturistic Deep Space Network (a collection of hugesatellite antennas around the world that allow fornavigation in interplanetary space) has been crucial tothe mission, helping the Mangalyaan navigate thespace where Indias own Deep Space Network has noreach. Around the time when MOM was to belaunched, American Government was facing agovernment shutdown and despite that, NASA stoodby its word of providing communications andnavigation facilities for the mission.Two weeks after MOMs launch, NASAs MAVEN, themission of which is to study the upper Martianatmosphere, was launched and it made its orbitalinsertion two days ago. ISRO & NASA now plan towork closely together, sharing findings of eithermissions. 12. MOM vs MAVENMOM MAVENOrbiter, India's maiden attemptLaunch vehicle: PSLV-XLLaunch date: Nov 5, 2013Launch port: SriharikotaOrbit entry date: Sept 24, 2014Payload mass: 15kgCost: Rs450 croreAim: Technical aim to developcapability to reach Mars.Scientific goal to study methaneemission columns, abundanceof deuterium and hydrogen, takeimages, analyse neutralcomponent of particles inexosphere and do mineralogysurvey with thermal infraredimaging spectrometerSome experts say the mission'smain objective is to showcaseIndia's low-budget spacetechnology and grab a biggerOrbiter, America's 15th attempt;six were failuresLaunch Vehicle: Atlas VLaunch date: Nov 18, 2013Launch port: Cape CanaveralOrbit entry date: Sept 22, 2014Payload mass: 65kgAim: Determine the role that loss ofvolatiles to space from the Martianatmosphere has played through timeDetermine the current state of theupper atmosphere, ionosphere andinteractions with the solar windDetermine the current rates of escapeof neutral gases and ions to space andthe processes controlling themDetermine the ratios of stable isotopesin the Martian atmosphereMission duration: One yearClosest distance from Marssurface: 150kmCost: $671 million 13. COMING SOONChandrayaan 2-Chandrayaan 2, Indias secondmission to the Moon, is an advanced version ofthe previous Chandrayaan-1 mission. It consistsof an Orbiter, Lander and Rover configurationASTROSAT-ASTROSAT is a multi-wavelengthastronomy mission aimed at studying the celestialsources and will carry a suite of instrumentssensitive over a wide spectral region coveringVisible, Ultraviolet, Soft X-ray and Hard X-raybands.Aditya 1-Aditya-1 is a scientific mission for solarstudies. 14. THANKYOU