ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Mission: Sachin Tendulkar and other cricketers congratulate on mission’s success

Sep 24, 2014

Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and other cricketers congratulate Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on their success on the social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter. They all believe that it is a proud moment for India. It was India’s first attempt to send a spacecraft into Mars and ISRO executed it to perfection.

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The Mars orbit insertion began in the early hours at 4.17 a.m. when the spacecraft switched over to the medium gain antenna for emitting and receiving radio signals. After rotating the Orbiter in the direction of Mars at 6.57 a.m., the main engine was ignited at 7.17 a.m. to enable the spacecraft enter the Martian orbit. During the crucial operation, when an eclipse occurred on Mars from 7.12 a.m., the 440 Newton liquid apogee motor (LAM) of the main engine started burning at 7.30 a.m. and lasted for 24 minutes till 7.54 a.m. for inserting the spacecraft into the Martian orbit.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was himself there to congratulate the scientists at ISRO.

Congrats to scientists and every1 involved in mission mars,really proud moment for the whole of INDIA.tosucceed in 1st attempt is just great

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) September 24, 2014

   

The country is united in applauding efforts of the team @isro, I salute the silent achievers that has worked to make this happen #Mangalyaan — sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) September 24, 2014

Proud day for India. Congratulations @isro on making us the first to successfully get a spacecraft into the Mars orbit on our maiden attempt

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) September 24, 2014

very proud moment for all of us indians…congratulations @isro ….

— parthiv patel (@parthiv9) September 24, 2014

A historic day for India as #Mangalyaan gets into the orbit of Mars. Congratulations to #ISRO for thinking loud and making Indians proud!!

— Mohammad Kaif (@KaifSays) September 24, 2014