PSLV Successfully Orbits Indian Mars Spacecraft

India's first interplanetary mission to planet Mars- Mars Orbitor Mission (MOM) with an orbiter craft Mangalyaan, designed to orbit ...

India's first interplanetary mission to planet Mars- Mars Orbitor Mission (MOM) with an orbiter craft Mangalyaan, designed to orbit Mars, successfully made its lift-off abroad the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
The Mars Orbiter Spacecraft lifted off at 14:36 hrs IST, onboard PSLV-C25 (in its XL version), from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
The orbiter will remain in Earth orbit till December 1 when it starts its 300-day voyage to Mars. The probe is expected to reach Mars orbit by September 24, 2014 and go around in an elliptical orbit with a perigee 366 km and apogee of 80,000 km after traversing 400 million km.
The Mars Orbiter carries five indigenous scientific instruments — Lyman Alpha Photometer (LAP), Methane Sensor for Mars (MSM), Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA), Mars Colour Camera (MCC) and Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (TIS).
PSLV-XL version, carries more solid fuel in its strap-on motors than the standard version, was also used to launch the ISRO's maiden moon mission Chandrayan in 2008.
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