Satellite Launched To Mars By India

India has launched 118 satellites since 1975.

Satellite launched to mars by india.

Further a specific search for methane in the martian atmosphere will provide information about the possibility or the past existence of life on the planet. India successfully launched 11 geostationary or geosynchronous satellites during this period which was equal to the total number of similar launches in the previous 2 decades put together. At present isro operates a large number of earth observation satellites. India s first satellite the aryabhata was launched by the soviet union on 19 april 1975 from kapustin yar using a cosmos 3m launch vehicle.

Indian space research organization isro is responsible for india s space program in february 2017 isro has created a new record by launching 104 satellites in one go out of these 104 satellites only 3 of these were indian satellites. These were launched by polar satellite launch vehicle pslv c37 on 15 th february 2017 earlier this. India s first extra terrestrial mission was also successfully executed during this period. See photos from the mission s preparation here.

India s space programme has succeeded at the first attempt where others have failed by sending an operational mission to mars. This was followed by the rohini series of experimental satellites which were built and launched indigenously. Fobos 1 failed en route to mars fobos 2 failed shortly before landing and fobos grunt never left low earth orbit. Isro has 58 mission planned during the 2012 2017 time span involving 33.

Out of these 104 satellites only 3 of these were indian satellites. The phobos program in the late 1980s saw the launch of fobos 1 and fobos 2 while the fobos grunt sample return mission was launched in 2011. None of these missions were successful. Us space agency nasa has launched 29 satellites in one go.

Earlier this record was set by russia in 2014 by launching 37 satellites in a single mission. The current mars mission was developed and launched in a mere 15 months making today s launch all the more impressive. The mars orbiter mission mom also called mangalyaan mars craft from sanskrit. The mangalyaan satellite was confirmed to be in orbit shortly after.

Three missions to land on phobos have been launched. These were launched by polar satellite launch vehicle pslv c37 on 15 th february 2017. India s first mission to the red planet called the mars orbiter mission is slated to launch from satish dhawan space center on oct.

Marking india s first venture into the interplanetary space mom will explore and observe mars surface features morphology mineralogy and the martian atmosphere.