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Indian Satellite Orbit Successful Landing on Mars
Sights Eberswalde crater on Mars that show delta. This photo also shows the existence of channels which maintained that fills the crater lake, located in the southern highlands of Mars. This photo obtained from the Mars Express on 15 August 2009 Reuters. yahoo.com
India finally managed to land a satellite of Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) to orbit Mars in the first experiment. This success will be the first space probe to the country and make India progress satellite technology equivalent to the United States, Russia, and Europe.
MOM arrived in Mars orbit after launch on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organization from Sriharikota space station in the Bay of Bengal. Engine capacity of 24 minutes of MOM to help slow down the speed enough to be captured by the gravity of Mars.
"This mission is actually almost impossible, but it can be managed. From 51 missions conducted, only 21 were successful, including India. This is a great victory for India," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as reported by BBC News, Wednesday, September 24, 2014 .
Indeed, only the United States, Europe, and the Russian mission to Mars. Setalit latest USA, Maven, also arrived on Mars on Monday.
India has cost upwards of $ 74 million or around Rp 886 billion to do this mission. With these funds, India has one of the lowest cost space mission ever.
Upon arrival at Mars, the planet of MOM to take their picture and study its atmosphere. MOM is also used to detect methane, which is an indicator of biological activity on Mars as a sign of life. MOM will use five tools to perform mapping of Mars, by a color camera, methane sensors, and thermal imaging spectrometer.
Source: Compass tecno
