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NASA Media Information | NASA
NASA Media Information | NASA
If all goes well and the satellite orbits the Red Planet, India's space agency will become the fourth in the world after those of the United States, Russia and Europe to undertake a successful Mars mission.
India's 1,350kg (2,976lb) robotic satellite which is undertaking the 10-month-long, over 200-million-kilometre journey to Mars is equipped with five instruments.
They include a sensor to track methane or marsh gas - a possible sign of life - on Mars, a colour camera for taking pictures, and a thermal imaging spectrometer to map the surface and mineral wealth of the planet. The mission will also analyse the thin Martian atmosphere.
'Natural progression'After India's successful unmanned Chandrayaan mission to the Moon in 2008 that brought back the first clinching evidence of the presence of water there, the Mars mission, according to K Radhakrishnan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), is a "natural progression".
More than 500 scientists from the Bangalore-based Isro worked round the clock on this $73m (£45m) mission, which was announced by PM Manmohan Singh in August last year.
Project chief Subbiah Arunan says he has not taken a vacation in the last 15 months, sleeping at Isro's satellite centre in Bangalore and going home for "about one or two hours every day".
So does India's Mars mission mark the beginning of a new Asian space race?
NASA Announces 2012 Small Business Industry Awards
NASA Announces 2012 Small Business Industry Awards
If all goes well and the satellite orbits the Red Planet, India's space agency will become the fourth in the world after those of the United States, Russia and Europe to undertake a successful Mars mission.
India's 1,350kg (2,976lb) robotic satellite which is undertaking the 10-month-long, over 200-million-kilometre journey to Mars is equipped with five instruments.
They include a sensor to track methane or marsh gas - a possible sign of life - on Mars, a colour camera for taking pictures, and a thermal imaging spectrometer to map the surface and mineral wealth of the planet. The mission will also analyse the thin Martian atmosphere.
'Natural progression'After India's successful unmanned Chandrayaan mission to the Moon in 2008 that brought back the first clinching evidence of the presence of water there, the Mars mission, according to K Radhakrishnan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), is a "natural progression".
More than 500 scientists from the Bangalore-based Isro worked round the clock on this $73m (£45m) mission, which was announced by PM Manmohan Singh in August last year.
Project chief Subbiah Arunan says he has not taken a vacation in the last 15 months, sleeping at Isro's satellite centre in Bangalore and going home for "about one or two hours every day".
So does India's Mars mission mark the beginning of a new Asian space race?
Monday, November 4, 2013
Corporate Partners | United Way
Corporate Partners | United Way
Customers are no longer satisfied being the ultimate integrator for their portfolio of financial services products. Driven by their experiences in other industries (think receiving a single household bill for voice, internet, data, wireless and other telecom services), customers now expect a seamless, blended experience when dealing with a single company—even diversified financial services companies.
Customers are no longer satisfied being the ultimate integrator for their portfolio of financial services products. Driven by their experiences in other industries (think receiving a single household bill for voice, internet, data, wireless and other telecom services), customers now expect a seamless, blended experience when dealing with a single company—even diversified financial services companies.
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