Satellite Sent By India To Mars

The mangalyaan satellite was confirmed to be in orbit shortly after.

Satellite sent by india to mars. On november 5 2013 a rocket launched toward mars. Only 40 percent of missions sent to mars by major space. Why india went to mars. Photograph by arun sankar k ap.

It was launched on 5 november 2013 by the indian space research organisation isro. It was india s first interplanetary mission mangalyaan and a terrific gamble. 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.

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. Mission control in the southern indian city of bangalore. Isro has 58 mission planned during the 2012 2017 time span involving 33. Save this story for later.

The mars orbiter mission mom also called mangalyaan mars craft from sanskrit. A rocket will blast off from the south eastern coast of india dropping the satellite into deep space which will then travel onto mars to achieve orbit a senior scientist said. 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. 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.

It is india s first interplanetary mission and it made it the fourth space agency to reach mars. India s space programme has succeeded at the first attempt where others have failed by sending an operational mission to mars. 40332 35 762 5 km 22 221 8 mi 35 824 7 km 22 260 4 mi.