India's Mars Orbiter Mission / Mangalyan Details

23 IMPORTANT POINTS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MOM(MARS ORBITER MANGALYAN) 

• The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called as Mangalyaan (Mangalyan is an unofficial name)
• This program is run by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization)
• Manufactured by Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre (ISAC)
• Launched into Earth orbit on 5th November 2013
• It was launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
• This project is aimed as a "technology demonstrator". It will showcase and prove the capability for    interplanetary missions
• The launch was made using PSLV-XL C25 rocket
• The orbiter will have a life of 6 to 10 months in the orbit
• While orbiting Mars the orbiter will study surface features, minerals and atmosphere on Mars
• There are 5 main instruments on the orbiter:

                A.Lyman-Alpha Photometer (LAP)

                B.Methane Sensor For Mars (MSM)

                C.Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA)

                D.Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (TIS)

                E.Mars Colour Camera (MCC)

• It was successfully inserted into orbit of Mars on 24 September 2014
• India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit.
• The Mars Orbiter Mission was achieved on a budget of $74 million, nearly a tenth of the amount    the US space agency Nasa spent on sending the Maven spacecraft to Mars.

Team Members worked on Mangalyaan Mission

• K Radhakrishnan Chairman of ISRO, secretary in department of space.- Responsible for leading          the mission and overall activities of Isro.
• M Annadurai Programme director, Mars Orbiter Mission -Responsible for budget management, direction for spacecraft configuration, schedule and resources.
• S Ramakrishnan Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and Member Launch Authorisation Board. Responsible for realising the rocket (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) that would ferry the Mars orbiter.
• SK Shivakumar Director, Isro Satellite Centre. Responsible for developing satellite technology and implementing satellite systems for scientific, technological and application missions.
• P Kunhikrishnan Project director, PSLV programme; ninth time as mission director. Responsible for seeing the rocket completes its mission successfully and that the satellite is correctly injected in the designated orbit.
• Chandradathan Director, Liquid Propulsion system. Made rich contribution to the realisation of solid motors for sounding rockets
• AS Kiran Kumar Director, Satellite Application Centre- Responsible for designing and building three of the orbiter payloads - Mars Colour Camera, Methane Sensor and Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer.
• MYS Prasad Director, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Chairman, Launch Authorisation Board- Responsible for range safety and schedules, overall incharge at rocket port.
• S Arunan Project director, Mars Orbiter Mission. -Responsible for leading a team to build the spacecraft.
• B Jayakumar Associate project director, PSLV project -- Responsible for the rocket systems, testing till the final lift-off. 
• MS PannirselvamChief general manager, range operation director at Sriharikota Rocket port. --Responsible for maintaining launch schedules without any slippages