Mars Orbiter Mission

  • July 4, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Science and tech

Context:

The Mars Colour Camera (MCC) onboard ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Mission has captured the image of Phobos, the closest and biggest moon of Mars.

Concept:

  • Mars Orbiter Mission is India’s first interplanetary mission to planet Mars with an orbiter craft designed to orbit Mars in an elliptical orbit.
  • It has been configured to carry out observation of physical features of mars and carry out limited study of Martian atmosphere with following five payloads:
  • Mars Colour Camera (MCC)
  • Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (TIS)
  • Methane Sensor for Mars (MSM)
  • Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA)
  • Lyman Alpha Photometer (LAP)
  • ISRO had launched the spacecraft on PSLV C25 rocket from Sriharikota on November 5, 2013.
Mars Orbiter Mission Science and tech

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