ISRO'S MANGALYAAN RETURNS STUNNING IMAGES TO COMMEMORATE FOUR YEARS ORBITING MARS
The Indian Space Research Organisation has released the third year observations of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) or Mangalyaan as it is popularly called. MOM completed four years in the Martianian Orbit on September 24. On Wednesday, ISRO Chairman K Sivan released third year observations (from September 24, 2016 to September 23, 2017) to the public. According to the ISRO, the first and second year data of MOM was released to public through Bengaluru-based Indian Space Data Center (ISSDC) website while on completion of second and third year in its orbit. More than 2100 users have registered and downloaded around 620 GB data. Mars Colour Camera has acquired more than 980 images so far. Mars Atlas is available. Twenty three publications on MOM have been published in peer reviewed journals. ISRO said that Phobos and Deimos, the two moons of Mars were imaged from close distances and MOM is the only satellite, which could image the full disc of Mars in ...
