UPDATE ON THE MARS ORBITER MISSION (MOM) AND THE NATIONAL MEET ORGANISED ON 27 SEPTEMBER, 2022:

         The ISRO give an update on the marks of the orbiter mission and the national meet was also held on September 27 to commemorate mom on the event of completion of its 8 years in the Martin orbit. MOM was launched on November 5 2013 and after completing 300 days of interplanetary journey, it was inserted into the martian orbit on September 24, 2014, Shri Shantanu Bhatwadekar, Scientific Secretary, ISRO, during his prelude address, mentioned this.

The Indian space research organization confirm on Monday that the mars Orbiter craft has lost communication with the ground station it's non-recoverable and the Mangalyaan mission has attained end-of-life. DURING HIS SPECIAL ADDRESS, Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Member Space Commission mentioned the unique lessons learned from this mission; despite being realized in a remarkably short turn-around time, the MOM mission has added enormous value to the domains of science, technology, and management. He mentioned that it was an enormous feat to have reached Martian orbit successfully in the maiden attempt. Shri. A.S. Kiran Kumar, Member Space Commission mentioned the criticality of the payload operations in the Martian orbit, given the conflicting requirements of the payload operations, radio delay, and white-out and black-out conjunctions.

                  Schematic of Mars Orbiter Mission

 During this meeting, it was also presented that there has been a high demand for the marks orbiter mission data globally. The mission has also contributed to Human Resource generation; it has generated several Ph.D. holders, while many of the research scholars are using the data from the mission to pursue their doctoral work.

The session was dedicated to a panel discussion on "Future Exploration of the Inner Solar System Scope" and the focus areas with the participation of the Indian academic institute and ISRO.

The deliberations during the national meeting cover topics on

1. The challenges faced by the mass orbiter mission
2. Lessons learn from them on how to access the mission data from the portal of the Indian space science data center
3. As well a series of detailed presentations on the science outcomes by the principle investigator terms as well as the academy partners. 
4.  It was also discussed that despite being designed for a life-span of six months as a technology demonstrator

The Mars Orbiter Mission has lived for about eight years in the Martian orbit with a gamut of significant scientific results on Mars as well as on the Solar corona, before losing communication with the ground station, as a result of a long eclipse in April 2022. The mission will be ever-regarded as a remarkable technological and scientific feat in the history of planetary exploration.

Conclusion: This mission will be ever-regarded as a remarkable technological and scientific feat, ISRO said.