ISRO successfully performs first TCM on Mars Orbiter

The propulsion system of MOM, which is to travel a total distance of about 680 million km, will be using monomethyl hydrazine as fuel and dinitrogen tetroxide as oxidizer during all the four TCMs.

The Mars Orbiter had earlier crossed a major milestone in the country's space history by venturing out of Earth's sphere of influence for the first time in an attempt to reach the red planet's orbit.

ISRO performed the trans-Mars injection, a “crucial event” intended for hurling its Mars Orbiter spacecraft into the planned orbit around the Sun in the early hours of December 1, marking the first step towards the 300 day voyage to reach the orbit of the red planet after crossing roughly 680 million kilometre.

The national space agency's PSLV C 25 successfully injected the 1,350-kg ‘Mangalyaan' Orbiter (Mars craft) into the orbit around the earth some 44 minutes after the launch at 2.38 PM from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on November 5, marking the successful completion of the first stage of the Rs 450-crore mission.