Only the us russia and europe have previously sent missions to mars.
Satellite sent by india to mars.
An example of this is the imaging campaigns by mars express of the mars moons.
India has become the fourth nation or geo bloc to put a satellite into orbit around mars and the first from asia.
Launched in 2013 the mars orbiter mission mom also called.
Mission mangal a new indian hindi language film tells the dramatic true story of the women behind india s first mission to mars.
It is india s first interplanetary mission and it made it the fourth space agency to reach mars.
Missions sent to the martian system have returned data on phobos and deimos and missions specifically dedicated to the moons are a subset of missions mars that often include dedicated goals to acquire data about these moons.
The mangalyaan satellite was confirmed to be in orbit shortly after.
This morning at 09 08 gmt indian space research organisation isro successfully launched the mars orbiter mission also known as mangalyaan the country s first spacecraft destined for mars.
The mars orbiter mission mom also called mangalyaan mars craft from sanskrit.
Mission control in the southern indian city of bangalore.
India s orbiter spacecraft captures its first image of mars.
It was launched on 5 november 2013 by the indian space research organisation isro.
Like many services performed out of india antrix s launches have competed on price and quiet reliability.
India s space programme has succeeded at the first attempt where others have failed by sending an operational mission to mars.
See photos from the mission s preparation here.
India has become the first nation to send a satellite into orbit around mars on its first attempt and the first asian nation to do so.