the first indian space craft was sent to planet mars by isro on 5 november 2013.
the first indian space craft was sent to planet mars by isro on 5 november 2013.
when was the first indian space craft sent to planet mars by isro?
5 november 2013
isro sent a lunar orbiter, chandrayaan-1, on 22october 2008 and a mars orbiter, mars orbiter mission, on 5 november 2013, which entered mars orbit on 24september 2014, making india the first nation to succeed on its maiden attempt to mars, and isro the fourth space agency in the world as well as the first space agency in asia to reach mars orbit. on 18june 2016, isro launched twentysatellites in a single vehicle, and on 15february 2017, isro launched one hundred and four satellites in a single rocket (pslv-c37), a world record. isro launched its heaviest rocket, geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle-mark iii (gslv-mk iii), on 5june 2017 and placed a communications satellite gsat-19 in orbit. with this launch, isro became capable of launching 4-tonheavy satellites into gto.
indian space research organisation
on september 24, 2014, the mars orbiter mission ("mangalyaan-1") was launched by the indian space research organisation(isro) and reached mars orbit; isro became the first space agency to succeed in its first attempt at a mars orbiter. isro launched the orbiter on november 5, 2013 as a "technology demonstrator" project. its secondary goal is to analyze the martian atmosphere and topography. the mission is the first successful asian interplanetary mission. ten days after isro's launch, nasa launched their seventh mars orbiter maven to study the martian atmosphere. its goals include determining how the planet's atmosphere and water, presumed to have once been substantial, were lost over time.
list of mars orbiters