India's Mars orbiter completes about 80 percent of its journey - Indian Space Agency tweets

MOM has covered more than 540 Million kms on its journey to the red planet. that’s very close to a whopping 80 %. pic.twitter.com/TlMoIHdnBC
— ISRO (@ISROOFFICIAL) July 21, 2014

Inching closer to the red planet, India's Mars orbiter spacecraft has covered more than 540 million kilometres, about 80 percent of its journey for its rendezvous with the planet scheduled for 24 September. In the last crucial milestone, ISRO performed the second Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre on the spacecraft on June 11 by firing the spacecraft's 22 Newton thrusters for 16 seconds. Mid-course corrections are done to keep the spacecraft on course. Another trajectory correction manoeuvre is planned for August before ISRO performs the Mars Orbit Insertion in September.


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