- Space rocket crosses over 34 crore kms of the total 68 crore journey to Mars via a curved path
- Mars bound spacecraft is being considered a major achievement and trajectory has taken is a good one
- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) put the orbiter into earth’s orbit on Nov. 5, 2013
- ISRO keeping track of the rocket from Byalalu, near Bangalore, supported by NASA Jet Propulsion Lab in US
- Spacecraft’s inbuilt autonomy facilitates decision making process in event of emergencies. Periodic tests are done on it from earth
- To and fro signal travel between earth and spacecraft takes 4 minutes 15 seconds & spacecraft travels a distance of 7 lakh kms per day .
Exams Perspective:
- Mars
- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)
- ISRO
- NASA
- Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)