Waspie_Dwarf Posted November 11, 2013 #1 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Indian Mars mission hit by snag India's mission to Mars has hit a snag, after a planned engine burn failed to raise the spacecraft's orbit around Earth by the intended amount.The problem occurred during a manoeuvre designed to boost the craft's maximum distance from 71,623km to 100,000km. A problem with the liquid fuel thruster caused the 1,350kg vehicle to fall short of the mark. But the head of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) said the spacecraft remained "healthy". Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted November 11, 2013 #2 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Ooh what a bummer, but thankfully it hasn't doomed the mission, fingers crossed there wont be any more glitches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted November 12, 2013 Author #3 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Indian Mars mission weathers first snag A week into its mission, India's Mars probe overcame a bout of engine trouble Monday with an unplanned maneuver to boost its orbit after a rocket firing failed to do its job Sunday. India launched the probe on a roundabout trajectory to Mars because the 1.5-ton spacecraft was too heavy for its rocket to place it on a direct course to the red planet. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallarookiller Posted November 12, 2013 #4 Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) Instead of flying directly to Mars, the $72m (£45m) probe is scheduled to orbit Earth until the end of the month, building up the necessary velocity to break free from our planet's gravitational pull. Man I love this stuff. Well we're just gonna whip around the Earth over and over and then bust out of our gravity. I consider myself a pretty intelligent person, but dang. Edited November 12, 2013 by wallarookiller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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