1. WELCOME TO VIJNAN BHARTI STUDENT’S FORUM MARS ORBITER INSERTION

5.  Mars also has elliptical orbit like Earth and similar -  Surface conditions  Similar geology  Availability of water?  Atmosphere (thin)  Polar ice caps  Magnetic field  Natural conditions similar to arctic and Antarctic Why Mission to Mars? Similarities with Earth

6. Mars is like EARTH  Large river valleys  ‘Super’ grand canyon

7. Mars is like EARTH  Volcanoes

8. Mars is like EARTH  Climate range similar to Earth  Sky and clouds, dust storms

9. Mars Orbiter Mission is India's first interplanetary mission to Mars with a craft designed to orbit Mars in an elliptical orbit. The Mission is primarily technological mission considering the critical mission operations and stringent requirements on propulsion and other bus systems of spacecraft.

13. The satellite structure is of aluminium and composite fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) sandwich construction

15. The lift-off mass was 1,350 kg, including 852 kg of propellant mass. Cuboid in shape of approximately 1.5 m (4 feet 11 inches).

17. LAP Lyman-Alpha Photometer 1.97 kg MSM Methane Sensor For Mars 2.94 kg MENCA Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser 3.56 kg TISThermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer 3.20 kg MCCMars Colour Camera 1.27 kg The 15 kg scientific payload consists of five instruments:

19. Methane Sensor