Satellite Sent By India To Mars

India has become the first nation to send a satellite into orbit around mars on its first attempt and the first asian nation to do so.

Satellite sent by india to mars.

India s orbiter spacecraft captures its first image of mars. Missions sent to the martian system have returned data on phobos and deimos and missions specifically dedicated to the moons are a subset of missions mars that often include dedicated goals to acquire data about these moons. Mission control in the southern indian city of bangalore. The mars orbiter mission mom also called mangalyaan mars craft from sanskrit.

It was launched on 5 november 2013 by the indian space research organisation isro. 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. India s space programme has succeeded at the first attempt where others have failed by sending an operational mission to mars. Only the us russia and europe have previously sent missions to mars.

It is india s first interplanetary mission and it made it the fourth space agency to reach mars. See photos from the mission s preparation here. The mangalyaan satellite was confirmed to be in orbit shortly after. Launched in 2013 the mars orbiter mission mom also called.

India s first mission to the red planet called the mars orbiter mission is slated to launch from satish dhawan space center on oct. This morning at 09 08 gmt indian space research organisation isro successfully launched the mars orbiter mission also known as mangalyaan the country s first spacecraft destined for mars. Mission mangal a new indian hindi language film tells the dramatic true story of the women behind india s first mission to mars.