Mars Orbiter Mission This article is about the Indian Mars probe. For other Mars orbiters, see List of missions to Mars . Mars Orbiter Mission मंगलयान Artists rendering of the MOM orbiting Mars Mission type Mars orbiter Operator ISRO COSPAR ID 2013-060A SATCAT № 39370 Website isro.org/mars/ home.aspx Mission duration 6 months (planned) [1] Spacecraft properties Bus I-1K [2] Manufacturer ISAC Launch mass 1,337 kg (2,948 lb) [3] Dry mass 500 kg (1,100 lb) Payload mass 15 kg (33 lb) [4] Dimensions 1.5-metre (4 ft 11 in) cube Power 840 watts [2] Start of mission Launch date 5 November 2013, 09:08 UTC [5] Rocket PSLV-XL C25 [6] Launch site Satish Dhawan FLP Contractor ISRO Orbital parameters Reference system Areocentric Periareon 421.7 km (262.0 mi) [7] Apoareon 76,993.6 km (47,841.6 mi) [7] Inclination 150.0° [7] Period 72 hours 51 minutes 51 seconds [7] Epoch Planned Mars orbiter Orbital insertion 24 September 2014, 02:00 UTC MSD 50027 06:27 AMT [8] The Mars Orbiter Mission ( MOM), also called Mangalyaan (Mars-craft from Sanskrit मंगल mangala , Mars and यान yāna, craft, vehicle), [9][10] is a spacecraft orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under the guidance of the Project Director Mylswamy Annadurai . [11][12][13][14] The mission is a technology demonstrator project to develop the technologies for design, planning, management, and operations of an interplanetary mission. [15] It carries five instruments that will help advance knowledge about Mars to achieve its secondary, scientific, objective. [16] The Mars Orbiter Mission probe lifted-off from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre ( Sriharikota Range SHAR), Andhra Pradesh , using a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket C25 at 09:08 UTC (14:38 IST) on 5 November 2013. [17] The launch window was approximately 20 days long and started on 28 October 2013. [5] The MOM probe spent about a month in geocentric , low-Earth orbit , where it made a series of seven altitude-raising orbital manoeuvres before trans-Mars injection on 30 November 2013 ( UTC ). [18] After a 298-day transit to Mars, it was successfully inserted into Mars orbit on 24 September 2014. It is India s first interplanetary mission [19] and ISRO has become the fourth space agency to reach Mars, after the Soviet space program , NASA, and the European Space Agency . [20][21] It is also the first nation to reach Mars orbit on its first attempt, and the first Asian nation to do so. [22][23][24][25] The spacecraft is currently being monitored from the Spacecraft Control Centre at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bangalore with support from Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) antennae at Byalalu . [26]
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