What is Mangalyaan?
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan ("Mars-craft", from Sanskrit: मंगल mangala, "Mars" and यान yāna, "craft, vehicle"), is a space probe orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Is Mangalyaan a satellite?
India's first Mars satellite 'Mangalyaan' enters orbit. India has successfully put asatellite into orbit around Mars, becoming the fourth nation or geo-bloc to do so. The Mangalyaan robotic probe, one of the cheapest interplanetary missions ever, will soon begin work studying the Red Planet's atmosphere.
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) first interplanetary mission, popularly known as Mangalyaan or Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), celebrated 1,000 earth days in its orbit on Monday, surpassing its designed mission life of six months.
Mangalyaan made India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its very first attempt. ISRO became the fourth space agency to reach Mars, after the Soviet space program, NASA, and the European Space Agency.
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