Satellite Sent By India To Mars

Satellite sent by india to mars.

Only 40 percent of missions sent to mars by major space. It was india s first interplanetary mission mangalyaan and a terrific gamble. 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. 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.

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. 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. Photograph by arun sankar k ap.

Mission control in the southern indian city of bangalore. Save this story for later. Guards stand by one of india s polar satellite launch vehicles. The mars orbiter mission mom also called mangalyaan mars craft from sanskrit.

The mangalyaan satellite was confirmed to be in orbit shortly after. 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. Isro has 58 mission planned during the 2012 2017 time span involving 33.

40332 35 762 5 km 22 221 8 mi 35 824 7 km 22 260 4 mi. The current mars mission was developed and launched in a mere 15 months making today s launch all the more impressive. On november 5 2013 a rocket launched toward mars.