Nine years after success of MOM, now ISRO begins preparation for India’s 2nd mission to Mars
Mars Orbiter Mission-2, informally known as Mangalyaan-2, would carry four payloads to the red planet. The Mangalyaan-2 mission will study aspects of Mars, including interplanetary dust, and the Martian atmosphere and environment.
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After creating history nine years ago, India is readying to send another spacecraft to Mars. According to a report by the Hindustan Times, ISRO will be sending a second spacecraft, Mangalyaan-2, to Mars planet soon.
According to the daily, Mars Orbiter Mission-2, informally known as Mangalyaan-2, would carry four payloads to the red planet. The Mangalyaan-2 mission will study aspects of Mars, including interplanetary dust, and the Martian atmosphere and environment.
The mission will carry a Mars Orbit Dust Experiment (MODEX), a Radio Occultation (RO) experiment, an Energetic Ion Spectrometer (EIS), and a Langmuir Probe and Electric Field Experiment (LPEX), HT reported.
MODEX will help understand the origin, abundance, distribution, and flux at high altitudes on Mars. The RO experiment is being developed to measure neutral and electron density profiles. The instrument is essentially a microwave transmitter operating at X-band frequency that can help understand the behaviour of the Martian atmosphere.
To understand the loss of atmosphere on the red planet, ISRO is planning to develop an EIS to characterise solar energy particles and supra-thermal solar wind particles in the Martian environment.
The LPEX will enable the measurement of electron number density, electron temperature, and electric field waves, all of which will give a better picture of the plasma environment on Mars.