Mangalyaan - India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MoM)
Launched: November 5, 2013 14:38 IST
Mars Orbit Insertion: September 24,
2014 7:18 IST
The
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), informally called Mangalyaan is a Mars
orbiter that was successfully launched on November 5, 2013 by the
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The Mangalyaan entered the Martian
orbit on September 24, 2014 at 7:18 IST.
The European Space Agency's Earth
station at Madrid confirmed insertion into the Martian orbit on
September 24, 2014 at 7:54 IST.
[Graphic Design: GoldenTwine Graphic]
India becomes the first country to make
it to Mars in its maiden attempt.
Only the US, Europe and Russia have, so
far, sent probes that have orbited or landed on Mars. China failed in
2011.
India's Rs450-crore expedition cost is
about a tenth of NASA's Mars mission, Maven, which entered the orbit
of Mars on Monday.
