Satellite Launched To Mars By India
India s first satellite the aryabhata was launched by the soviet union on 19 april 1975 from kapustin yar using a cosmos 3m launch vehicle.
Satellite launched to mars by india. See photos from the mission s preparation here. India s space programme has succeeded at the first attempt where others have failed by sending an operational mission to mars. Fobos 1 failed en route to mars fobos 2 failed shortly before landing and fobos grunt never left low earth orbit. This was followed by the rohini series of experimental satellites which were built and launched indigenously.
Out of these 104 satellites only 3 of these were indian satellites. India successfully launched 11 geostationary or geosynchronous satellites during this period which was equal to the total number of similar launches in the previous 2 decades put together. Isro launched many types of. These were launched by polar satellite launch vehicle pslv c37 on 15 th february 2017 earlier this.
It is india s first interplanetary mission and it made it the fourth space agency to reach mars. Three missions to land on phobos have been launched. None of these missions were successful. Earlier this record was set by russia in 2014 by launching 37 satellites in a single mission.
Further a specific search for methane in the martian atmosphere will provide information about the possibility or the past existence of life on the planet. Marking india s first venture into the interplanetary space mom will explore and observe mars surface features morphology mineralogy and the martian atmosphere. Isro has 58 mission planned during the 2012 2017 time span involving 33.
India s first mission to the red planet called the mars orbiter mission is slated to launch from satish dhawan space center on oct. The phobos program in the late 1980s saw the launch of fobos 1 and fobos 2 while the fobos grunt sample return mission was launched in 2011. Us space agency nasa has launched 29 satellites in one go. The mars orbiter mission mom also called mangalyaan mars craft from sanskrit.
India s first extra terrestrial mission was also successfully executed during this period. It was launched on 5 november 2013 by the indian space research organisation isro. At present isro operates a large number of earth observation satellites. These were launched by polar satellite launch vehicle pslv c37 on 15 th february 2017.
The mangalyaan satellite was confirmed to be in orbit shortly after.