Mangalyaan-2 mission: How ISRO will study Mars atmosphere

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Know what ISRO’s Mangalyaan-2 mission will uncover about Mars. Check mission details here.

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The Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) is preparing for the Mangalyaan-2 mission after 9 years.

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Its first Mars mission was launched in the year 2013 and it entered the Mars orbit in the year 2014. Now after so much preparation and planning, the Mangalyaan-2 mission is under development.

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The Mangalyaan-2 or MOM-2 will consist of four scientific payloads, Mars Orbit Dust Experiment (MODEX), Radio Occultation, Energetic Ion Spectrometer (EIS), and Langmuir Probe and Electric Field Experiment (LPEX).

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Each payload will have a unique capability to study Mar’s environment and atmosphere.

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The mission will be studying the origin, abundance, distribution and flux at high altitudes on Mars. This specific area would be covered by the MODEX payload.

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Mar’s neutral and electron density profiles will be measured to have a better understanding of the red planet.

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The solar energy particles and supra-thermal solar wind particles of Mars will be studied with the help of the EIS payload.

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Lastly, the Mangalyaan-2 mission will measure the electron number density, electron temperature and electric field waves.

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Studying these terms and specific conditions of the planet will help researchers have a clear understanding of Mars’s environment and its atmosphere.

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More about the Mangalyaan-2 mission will be disclosed by ISRO as the project progresses.