Mars Orbiter Mission facts for kids
Mars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft (illustration)
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| Names | Mangalyaan |
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| Mission type | Mars orbiter |
| Operator | ISRO |
| Mission duration | Planned: 6 months Elapsed: 9 years, 6 months, 26 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | I-1K |
| Manufacturer | ISAC |
| Launch mass | 1,337.2 kg (2,948 lb) |
| BOL mass | ≈550 kg (1,210 lb) |
| Dry mass | 482.5 kg (1,064 lb) |
| Payload mass | 13.4 kg (30 lb) |
| Dimensions | 1.5 m (4.9 ft) cube |
| Power | 840 watts |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 5 November 2013, 09:08 UTC |
| Rocket | PSLV-XL C25 |
| Launch site | Satish Dhawan FLP |
| Contractor | ISRO |
| Mars orbiter | |
| Orbital insertion | 24 September 2014, 02:00 UTC MSD 50027 06:27 AMT 3495 days / 3401 sols |
| Orbit parameters | |
| Periareon | 421.7 km (262.0 mi) |
| Apoareon | 76,993.6 km (47,841.6 mi) |
| Inclination | 150.0° |
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Indian missions to Mars
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The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is a space probe that has been orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). It is India's first interplanetary mission. India is both the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit and the first nation to reach Mars on its first try. Another name for the probe is Mangalyaan.
Mission goals
The main goal of the mission is to develop the technologies needed for interplanetary missions. The other goal is to explore Mars' surface, rocks, and atmosphere. Scientists want to know how much CO2 and methane is in the atmosphere of Mars. They also want to know how the solar wind and radiation affect Mars. Scientists also want to learn more about Mars's moons, Phobos and Deimos.
Related pages
- List of Mars orbiters
- List of missions to Mars
Images for kids
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Artist's rendering of the Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft, with Mars in the background.
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Launch of the Mars Orbiter Mission
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PM Narendra Modi witnesses the insertion of the spacecraft into Martian orbit
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The Chairman, ISRO, Shri A.S. Kiran Kumar releasing the Mars Atlas on the occasion of the completion of one year of Mars Orbiter Mission in Orbit, in Bengaluru. The Scientific Secretary, ISRO, Dr. Y.V.N. Krishnamoorthy
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Illustration of Mangalyaan on the reverse side of Mahatma Gandhi New Series ₹2000 banknote
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One of the first images of the surface of Mars taken by MOM on 25 September 2014
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Mangalyaan's image of Arsia Mons
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Image of Tharsis and Valles Marineris by Mangalyaan
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Mars as seen from Mangalyaan
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Three frame Mars Orbiter Mission Mars Color Camera mosaic of the Syrtis Major region on 24 September 2015.
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See also
In Spanish: Mars Orbiter Mission para niños
