By samanth subramania n.
Satellite sent by india to 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.
Photograph by arun sankar k ap.
Only 40 percent of missions sent to mars by major space.
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.
It was launched on 5 november 2013 by the indian space research organisation isro.
Mission control in the southern indian city of bangalore.
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.
Guards stand by one of india s polar satellite launch vehicles.
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.
Isro has 58 mission planned during the 2012 2017 time span involving 33.
On november 5 2013 a rocket launched toward mars.
It was india s first interplanetary mission mangalyaan and a terrific gamble.
The current mars mission was developed and launched in a mere 15 months making today s launch all the more impressive.
The mangalyaan satellite was confirmed to be in orbit shortly after.
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Why india went to mars.
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.