Satellite Sent By India To Mars

Only 40 percent of missions sent to mars by major space.

Satellite sent by india to mars.

Guards stand by one of india s polar satellite launch vehicles. Why india went to mars. The mangalyaan satellite was confirmed to be in orbit shortly after. Mission control in the southern indian city of bangalore.

It was launched on 5 november 2013 by the indian space research organisation isro. 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. Photograph by arun sankar k ap.

On november 5 2013 a rocket launched toward mars. Isro has 58 mission planned during the 2012 2017 time span involving 33. It was india s first interplanetary mission mangalyaan and a terrific gamble. 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.

The mars orbiter mission mom also called mangalyaan mars craft from sanskrit. By samanth subramania n. 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.

40332 35 762 5 km 22 221 8 mi 35 824 7 km 22 260 4 mi. India s space programme has succeeded at the first attempt where others have failed by sending an operational mission to mars. Save this story for later.