Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chairman K Radhakrishnan had confirmed that India will receive scientific instruments for India's Mars Orbiter by the end of this month, which is very crucial for the Mars-bound spacecraft. This spacecraft will be launched on 27 November, 2013.
This Mars project is one of the most important projects of ISRO and this will mark an Indian satellite going all the way till Mars which has never been achieved before. Mars is at an estimated distance of 54.6 million kilometers from Earth and this spacecraft will take nine months to reach Mars.
The chairman also mentioned that the preparations are going on at a fast pace at the Master Control Facility (MCF) in Hassan in Karnataka and also at the Deep Space Network (DSN) at Bylalu, which is 35 Km from Bangalore.
This spacecraft will carry nine scientific instruments and will have a scientific agenda to figure out sustainable life on Mars surface. It will also study the Mars atmosphere which is very important for this purpose.
This orbiter will be placed in an orbit of 371 x 80,000 km around Mars and will carry 14.49 Kg of scientific instruments. It was initially planned for 25 kg however it was later reduced to 14.49 kg of load.
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