MOM and SARA: Mars and Moon

by Dr Anil Bhardwaj (Director, Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum)

Wednesday 7 Jan 2015, 16:00 → 17:00 Asia/Kolkata

AG - 66 (Lecture Theatre) (TIFR, Mumbai)

This talk is in two parts. First half will cover the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), its challenges for project and launch vehicle, new technological requirements, mission constrains, strict timeline, and scientific and technological objective. In the second half of the talk I would describe how the new observations by the SARA (Sub-keV Atom Reflecting Analyzer) experiment on the Chandrayaan-1 mission has totally changed our understanding on the interaction of solar wind with the Moon. The talk ends with a perspective on future planetary missions of India.