Isro does assessment of subsystems, all set for mother of all slingshots
Slingshot that will hurl Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft into crucial orbit around Sun is set for 00:49 hrs IST on Dec 1
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) said that the performance assessment of all subsystems of the spacecraft has been completed.
The much awaited, mother of all slingshots, intended for hurling Isro's Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft into that crucial orbit around Sun is scheduled for 00:49 hrs IST tonight
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is now ready for Trans-Mars Injection, said Isro officials.
?The command and control of Trans-Mars Injection will be done from this Mission Operations Complex of ISTRAC, at Bangalore, they added.
The much awaited, mother of all slingshots, intended for hurling Isro's Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft into that crucial orbit around Sun is scheduled for 00:49 hrs IST tonight
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is now ready for Trans-Mars Injection, said Isro officials.
?The command and control of Trans-Mars Injection will be done from this Mission Operations Complex of ISTRAC, at Bangalore, they added.
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First Published: Nov 30 2013 | 9:42 PM IST