On november 5 2013 a rocket launched toward mars.
Satellite sent by india to mars.
The mangalyaan satellite was confirmed to be in orbit shortly after.
India s space programme has succeeded at the first attempt where others have failed by sending an operational mission to mars.
Only 40 percent of missions sent to mars by major space.
It was launched on 5 november 2013 by the indian space research organisation isro.
The current mars mission was developed and launched in a mere 15 months making today s launch all the more impressive.
Why india went to mars.
Guards stand by one of india s polar satellite launch vehicles.
India s chandrayaan 2 mission is just the beginning of ambitious plans to launch the first gaganauts into earth orbit followed by missions to launch balloons at venus and land on mars.
It was india s first interplanetary mission mangalyaan and a terrific gamble.
Gsat 16 is the twenty fourth communication satellite of india configured to carry a total of 48 transponders 12 k u 24 c and 12 c ue each with a bandwidth of 36 mhz which was the highest number of transponders in a single satellite at that time.
The mars orbiter mission mom also called mangalyaan mars craft from sanskrit.
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Pital crater picture from mars color camera mcc on 23 04 2015 arabia terra image from mars color camera part of wrinkle ridge located in thaumasia planum region was taken by mars color camera mcc on 01 05 2015.
Photograph by arun sankar k ap.
Isro has 58 mission planned during the 2012 2017 time span involving 33.
40332 35 762 5 km 22 221 8 mi 35 824 7 km 22 260 4 mi.
Mission control in the southern indian city of bangalore.
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