Mangalyaan Mission: The Mars Orbiter’s fuel ran out and its battery died, potentially ending India’s first interplanetary mission, “Mangalyaan.” The PSLV-C25 rocket was used to launch the Rs 450 crore Mars Orbiter Mission on November 5, 2013, and the MOM spacecraft was successfully placed in orbit around Mars for the first time on September 24, 2014.
“The connection is broken,” ISRO
“There is currently no fuel available. The satellite’s battery is empty “PTI was informed by sources within the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). “The connection is broken.”
However, the Indian Space Research Organization, or ISRO, made no formal statement. In order to avoid an impending eclipse, ISRO had already been manoeuvring the MOM spacecraft into a new orbit while refuelling.
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Back to back eclipses let to fuel shortage
On condition of anonymity, officials stated: “But recently there were back-to-back eclipses, including one that lasted seven and a half hours.” They added that all the fuel on board the ageing satellite had been used.
“A lengthier eclipse will drain the battery beyond the safe limit,” another official stated. “The satellite battery is intended to handle eclipse duration of just around one hour and 40 minutes.”
According to ISRO authorities, the Mars orbiter operated for more than eight years, a period much longer than its intended six-month mission.
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According to ISRO representatives, “MOM is attributed with various laurels, including cost-effectiveness, a quick period of realisation, reasonable mass-budget, and downsizing of five heterogeneous research payloads.”
Despite an official rejection from ISRO, K. Sivan, the organization’s former director general in 2021, asserted that India’s subsequent mission, Mangalyaan-2, would launch after Chandrayaan-3. Planning for the next mission to Mars has not yet begun.
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