MOM — launch
Date in UTC
Mangalyaan, formally the Mars Orbiter Mission, was India’s first interplanetary spacecraft. It launched on November 5, 2013 and entered orbit around Mars on September 24, 2014. Developed by ISRO, the mission demonstrated deep-space navigation, communications and spacecraft operations while carrying instruments to study the Martian surface and atmosphere. India became the first country to achieve Mars orbit on its first attempt.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangalyaan. Related NASA reference: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/chronology.html#2013.
- Category
- Launches and Flight Tests
- Type
- Orbital launch
- Subjects
- Space transportation
- Mission
- MOM
- Organization
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Vehicle
- PSLV-XL
- Location
- Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Country
- IN
- Outcome
- Successful
Context and qualifications
Launch code: OS. Source references: Wire; -.
Sources and attribution
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikipedia — Mangalyaan (opens in a new tab) — Factual synthesis based on the cited Wikipedia and NASA pages; original editorial wording. (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
- NASA — Mangalyaan (opens in a new tab)
- NASA NSSDCA — Mangalyaan (opens in a new tab)