find out the following information about India's Mars
Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan.
Launch Date:
Launch Vehicle:
Mars Orbital Insertion:
Mass:
Power Source:
Cost of Mangalyaan Mission:
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The Mars Orbiter Mission(MOM), commonly referred to as Mangalyaan-1, is a space probe launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on November 5, 2013. The indigenously-built space probe, which is India's first interplanetary mission, has been in the Martian orbit since September
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Mission type
Mars orbiter
Operator
ISRO
COSPAR ID
2013-060A
SATCAT no.
39370
Website
www.isro.gov.in/pslv-c25-mars-orbiter-mission
Mission duration
Planned: 6 months[1]
Elapsed: 6 years, 7 months, 12 days
Spacecraft properties
Bus
I-1K[2]
Manufacturer
ISAC
Launch mass
1,337.2 kg (2,948 lb)[3]
BOL mass
≈550 kg (1,210 lb)[4]
Dry mass
482.5 kg (1,064 lb)[3]
Payload mass
13.4 kg (30 lb)[3]
Dimensions
1.5 m (4.9 ft) cube
Power
840 watts[2]
Start of mission
Launch date
5 November 2013, 09:08 UTC[5][6]
Rocket
PSLV-XL C25[7]
Launch site
Satish Dhawan FLP
Contractor
ISRO
Mars orbiter
Orbital insertion
24 September 2014, 02:10 UTC[8][9]
MSD 50027 06:27 AMT
2416 days / 2351 sols
Orbital parameters
Periareon altitude
421.7 km (262.0 mi)[8]
Apoareon altitude
76,993.6 km (47,841.6 mi)[8]
Inclination
150.0°[8]