India's Mars Mission back on track after hiccup!

rahultyagi writes: After running into some problems in its 4th orbit raising maneuver 2 days ago, Mangalyaan (India's Mars Orbiter Mission) seems back on track now. A supplementary burn lasting ~304 seconds was completed today, raising the apogee of MOM to 118642 km — the intended apogee after the original 4th orbit raising maneuver. After the glitch two days ago, ISRO again seems to be on track to become the first entity to have a successful mars mission on its first attempt. Though, of course, there are quite a few things that might still go wrong before this can be called a successful mission. Let's all hope that a year from now we are all celebrating the entry of another nation into the small club capable of successful interplanetary missions.