India's first Mars satellite 'Mangalyaan' enters orbit
The Mars Orbiter Mission
was successfully inserted into Martian orbit on 24.09.2014). The liquid Apogee
motor was fired for about 24 minutes to reduce the speed of the spacecraft and
orient it towards the red planet. India is the only country in the world that
has achieved this feat in its first attempt itself.
Congratulating the scientists of ISRO including its Chairman K Radhakrishnan for this remarkable feat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, this victory of Indian scientists should be celebrated in all schools and colleges. The Prime Minister said, the launch was indigenously designed at a cost less than that spent on a Hollywood movie. He pointed out that our scientists and young people are capable of taking challenges in unknown regions and push frontiers.
The anxious moment before Mars Orbiter Mission was inserted into Martian orbit was palpable. The Mission Control complex at ISRO with its huge monitor, series of computers that was closely monitored by space scientists itself was mind boggling. Once the signal arrived of the spacecraft taking a curve around Mars and progressing on its orbit there was jubilation around the centre.
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