Mangalyaan - Overview and Technical Architecture of India's First Interplanetary Mission to Mars

Sundararajan, Venkatesan

doi:10.2514/6.2013-5503

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“…The near future holds the promise for acquiring more definitive evidence about the Martian methane question from measurements of orbiting instruments designed with the declared purpose to detect methane in the Martian atmosphere with very high accuracy and reliability. The Methane Sensor for Mars (MSM) onboard the Mars Orbiter Mission (known as Mangalyaan, an Indian mission) has reached its final orbit around Mars in late September 2014 (Sundararajan 2013). After this, the ESA mission ExoMars, scheduled to be launched in January 2016, will carry onboard the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO).…”

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“…In recent years, the presence of methane in the Martian atmosphere has been proposed by several authors (Krasnopolsky et al 2004;Formisano et al 2004;Mumma et al 2009;Fonti & Marzo 2010;Krasnopolsky 2012;Villanueva et al 2013), but some of the previous claims have been questioned and doubts have been expressed for each of them (Lefèvre & Forget 2009;Zahnle et al 2011;Kerr 2012). In this context, the latest results of the Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS) of the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM; Mahaffy et al 2012;Webster et al 2013aWebster et al ,b, 2015 are of great relevance.…”

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Revisiting the identification of methane on Mars using TES data

Fonti

Mancarella

Liuzzi

et al. 2015

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The presence and variability of methane in the Martian atmosphere has been investigated by several authors and spurred a lively discussion. In this context, we address our previous inference of spatial and temporal CH 4 variability identified from Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer measurements which was used to suggest the possible existence of a martian methane cycle. The importance of the topic requires a clear assessment of such variability to correctly comprehend the possible production and destruction mechanisms of Martian methane. It is therefore important to carefully revisit previous results from a different perspective to confirm them before they are used for further investigations. We here describe in detail a new procedure used to validate these earlier Thermal Emission Spectrometer measurements and thoroughly analyze the results obtained with the revised procedure. In spite of our efforts of defining an efficient data analysis procedure, we have not been able to either confirm or refute the existence of the spatial and temporal variability of methane. Nevertheless, our work has produced new interesting tools, which, with the necessary adaptation, can be of some aid in processing and interpreting planetary spectra and, in general, for all the other cases requiring a preliminary selection of data included in very extensive datasets, which are difficult to be efficiently treated with traditional techniques.

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Revisiting the identification of methane on Mars using TES data

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Mancarella

Liuzzi

et al. 2015

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“…5 Various countries have previously launched and have plans for planetary missions to send their rovers for these studies in the future, such as Mangalyaan by India, the Chinese Mars exploration mission -the first exploration mission by China, YH-1 by Russia in collaboration with China, ExoMars by Europe and many more. [6][7][8][9] For the design of the rovers, we have several configurations, including wheeled robots, legged robots, and wheel-step robots. Wheeled robots are more efficient than legged robots, but their mobility is limited.…”

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Rovers with Rocker-Bogie Mechanisms: A review of progress and innovations in design, manufacturing, and control

Rajath,

Shivakumar,

Pradhan

2024

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C:

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Rovers equipped with Rocker-Bogie mechanisms have emerged as pivotal assets in the domains of interplanetary and terrain exploration. To carry out scientific investigations, Rovers have undergone significant advancements. This review comprehensively examines the progress and innovations associated with the design, manufacturing, and control of these robotic systems. The Rocker-Bogie Mechanism and its kinematic variations available are identified and discussed. Given the importance of kinematic studies, viewpoints on wheel-terrain interaction and framework models for analyses are presented. A key limitation in the analyzed papers was the restriction of choice of design process to the conventional method for which, an approach to design through a Generative Design algorithm has been indicated. The studies indicated the material choice of Titanium and other alloys, the manufacturing choice of Additive Manufacturing which has been analyzed, for which suggestions for advancements and alternatives are highlighted. It was observed that a standard and general procedure to automate the operations of the rovers is still lacking. This review can provide a guide for new advancements in Rocker-Bogie-based rovers.

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“…Since NASA's Mariner 4 first reached Mars in 1964, global efforts have been made to explore Mars, including the Mars reconnaissance orbiter (MRO) in 2005 and the Mars atmosphere and volatile evolution (MAVEN) in 2013 [2,3]. Europe has sent missions such as Mars Express in 2003 and ExoMars in 2016; India launched Mangalyaan in 2013; the UAE conducted the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) in 2020; and China sent Tianwen-1 to Mars in 2020 [4][5][6][7][8]. In this situation, South Korea needs to determine what kind of Mars exploration is possible based on our infrastructure, such as the launch site and deep space link in our country, as well as the recently developed KSLV-II and eco-friendly in-space propulsion system for exploration.…”

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A Pattern Search Method to Optimize Mars Exploration Trajectories

Choi,

Kang,

Lee

et al. 2023

Aerospace

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The Korean National Space Council recently released “Mars Exploration 2045” as part of its future strategic plan. The operations for a Mars explorer can be defined based on domestically available capabilities, such as ground operations, launch, in-space transport and deep space link. Accordingly, all of our exploration scenarios start from the Naro space center, and the pathway to Mars is optimized using an objective function that minimizes the required ∆V. In addition, the entire phase of Mars orbit insertion should remain in contact with our deep space antennas, a measure that is imposed as an operational constraint. In this study, a pattern search method is adopted, as it can handle a nonlinear problem without relying on the derivatives of the objective function, and optimal trajectories are generated on a daily basis for a 15-day launch period. The robustness of this direct search method is confirmed by consistently converged solutions showing, in particular, that the ascending departure requires slightly less ∆V than the descending departure on the order of 10 m/s. Subsequently, mass estimates are made for a Mars orbiter and a kick stage to determine if the desired ∆V is achievable with our eco-friendly in-space propulsion system when launched from our indigenous launch vehicle, KSLV-II.

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Mangalyaan - Overview and Technical Architecture of India's First Interplanetary Mission to Mars

Cited by 8 publications

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Revisiting the identification of methane on Mars using TES data

Revisiting the identification of methane on Mars using TES data

Rovers with Rocker-Bogie Mechanisms: A review of progress and innovations in design, manufacturing, and control

A Pattern Search Method to Optimize Mars Exploration Trajectories

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