Bengaluru: Exactly 100 days from Monday, India’s Mars spacecraft is scheduled for a rendezvous with the red planet as it is rapidly coasting towards its target covering almost 70 per cent of its journey.
On September 24, a very significant technological milestone of Mars Orbiter Mission called Mars Orbit Insertion is planned, the Indian Space Research Organisation said.
The MOM, which is rapidly racing towards its target in its 300-day voyage in deep space, is at a radio distance of 108 million km from earth. A signal takes six minutes to reach Earth from the MOM.
The spacecraft and its five payloads are in good health, the Isro said in a post on its Mars Orbit Mission Facebook page.
A third trajectory correction manoeuvre has been planned in August before the space agency performs the Mars Orbit Insertion in September.
The Rs 450 crore ambitious Mars mission was launched onboard the PSLV on November 5 last year is expected to provide better opportunities in planetary research.
