rocket fired by India on board with a probe designed to travel to Mars left Earth’s orbit Sunday and began his perilous journey to the Red Planet, said the Indian space agency. India aims to make history of interplanetary exploration by becoming the first Asian country to reach Mars.
rocket that launched the probe Mangalyaan (or Mars Orbiter), golden color and a small car should arrive at their destination in September 2014, according to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) .
Turn around the Earth to gain speed
Indian rocket, which moves at a speed of 32 kilometers per second, however, is too low for the powerful mission. ISRO engineers had the idea of ??turning around the Earth for a month to make him enough speed to escape Earth’s gravity. Since its launch on November 5, six maneuvers firing thrusters were carried out successfully.
“This is a turning point for us. India will enter the vast interplanetary space for the first time, with a cargo Indian design to demonstrate its technological know-how, “said AFP chief of ISRO, K. Radhakrishnan.
With a reduced budgetDesigned and produced in record time, and with a reduced budget, the Indian probe is equipped with sensors to measure the presence of methane in the atmosphere of Mars, which accredit the hypothesis of a primitive form of life on this planet.
Mars mission, started in 2012, only cost 4.5 billion rupees (55 million euros) and has been designed according to the “Jugaad”, a typically Indian principle that could be closer “System D”, which is to find the least expensive solution asticieuse.
Several countries have already launched space missions to Mars, including the United States, Russia, Japan and China, but many, including Japan and China, have failed. India has also had several failures in space, including the explosion at launch launcher in 2010 and lost contact with the Chandrayaan probe in 2009.
India takeoff of the rocket carrying a probe … 20Minutes
J.M. (With AFP)
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