Space & Aerospace
Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan)
2013-2014 CEISROISRO mission recordsPan-Indian / unspecified
2013
India's first interplanetary mission, which entered Mars orbit successfully.
- Dated
- 2013–2014
- As scholars put it
- 2013-2014 CE
- Originator
- ISRO
- Source text
- ISRO mission records
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Space & Aerospace
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Earlier Mars missions were flown by the US and USSR/Russia and ESA.
Fair to say
A first-attempt success and a low-cost milestone, not a first-ever Mars mission.
Path to modern innovation
Made India the first nation to reach Mars orbit on its first attempt.
2013Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan)
2023Builds on
2008Transmission
Designed and built in India at strikingly low cost.
References
- 1ISRO
- 2mission reports (2014)
Further reading
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