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Taken using the Mars Color Camera from an altitude of 8449 km, this image has a spatial resolution of 439 m and is centered around Lat: 20.01N, Lon:31.54E

Aryabhata

	Launch Date	19.04.1975
The First Indigenously built Indian Satellites
Mission Scientific/ Experimental Weight 360 kg On board power 46 Watts Communication VHF band Stabilization Spinstabilize Payload X-ray Astronomy Aeronomy & Solar Physics Launch date April 19,1975 Launch site Volgograd Launch Station (presently in Russia) Launch vehicle C-1 Intercosmos Orbit 563 x 619 km Inclination 50.7 deg Mission life 6 months(nominal), Spacecraft mainframe active till March,1981 Orbital Life Nearly seventeen years (Re-entered on February 10,1992)

image of Mars taken by Mangalyaan

Mars Orbiter Spacecraft captures its first image of Mars. Taken from a height of 7300 km; with 376 m spatial resolution. 

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BE PROUD GREAT SUCCESS

MANGALYAAN SUCCESSFULLY REACHED MARS ATMOSPHERE.  WE BE PROUD BE AN INDIAN ... BE AN ISRO INDIAN
GREAT SALUTE TO ISRO SCIENTISTS

COMPARISON OF MARS AND EARTH

MANGALYAAN - Objectives

One of the main objectives of the first Indian mission to Mars is to develop the technologies required for design, planning, management and operations of an interplanetary mission. 

Following are the major objectives of the mission: 

A. Technological Objectives:

• Design and realisation of a Mars orbiter with a capability to survive and perform Earth bound manoeuvres, cruise phase of 300 days, Mars orbit insertion / capture, and on-orbit phase around Mars.
• Deep space communication, navigation, mission planning and management.
• Incorporate autonomous features to handle contingency situations.

B. Scientific Objectives:

• Exploration of Mars surface features, morphology, mineralogy and Martian atmosphere by indigenous scientific instruments.

MARS Orbiter Mission

Launch Date 05.11.2013 Mars Orbiter Mission is India's first interplanetary mission to planet Mars with an orbiter craft designed to orbit Mars in an elliptical orbit. The Mission is primarily technological mission considering the critical mission operations and stringent requirements on propulsion and other bus systems of spacecraft. It has been configured to carry out observation of physical features of mars and carry out limited study of Martian atmosphere with following five payloads: Mars Colour Camera (MCC) Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (TIS) Methane Sensor for Mars (MSM) Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA) Lyman Alpha Photometer (LAP) Lift-off Mass 1340 -3/+0 kg Structures Aluminum and Composite Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) sandwich construction-modified I-1 K Bus Mechanism Solar Panel Drive Mechanism (SPDM), Reflector & Solar panel deployment Propulsion Bi propellant system (MMH + N2O4) with additional safety and redundancy features for MOI. Proplellant mass:852 kg Thermal System Passive thermal control system Power System Single Solar Array-1.8m X 1.4 m - 3 panels - 840 W Generation (in Martian orbit), Battery:36AH Li-ion Attitude and Orbit Control System AOCE (Attitude and Orbit Control Electronics): with MAR31750 Processor Sensors: Star sensor (2Nos), Solar Panel Sun Sensor (1No), Coarse Analogue Sun Sensor Actuators: Reaction Wheels (4Nos), Thrusters (8Nos), 440N Liquid Engine Antennae: Low Gain Antenna (LGA), Mid Gain Antenna (MGA) and High Gain Antenna (HGA) Launch Date Nov 05, 2013 Launch Site SDSC SHAR Centre, Sriharikota, India Launch Vehicle PSLV - C25

courtesy:  http://www.isro.org/satellites/mars-orbiter-spacecraft.aspx