MARS ORBITER MISSION :-

Marking India's first venture into the interplanetary space, Its objective is to explore Martian surface features, mineralogy, morphology and atmosphere using indigenous scientific instruments. 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. The indigenously-built space probe has been in the Martian orbit since September 24, 2014 and is active in the present. The mission made India the first Asian country, and the fourth in the world after Roscosmos, NASA, and the European Space Agency, to get to the planet. China referred to India's successful Mangalyaan as the "Pride of Asia"

LAUNCH VEHICLE :-

MOM was launched aboard PSLV C-25, which was an XL variant of the PSLV, one of world's most reliable launch vehicles. The XL variant was earlier used to launch Chandrayaan (2008), GSAT-12 (2011) and RISAT-1 (2012)

Payload :-

It carried 850 kg of fuel and 5 science payloads including a Mars Color Camera (MCC) which it has been using to study the Martian surface and atmosphere since entering the orbit successfully. The spacecraft is tracked by the Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN), located near Bengaluru and complemented by NASA-JPL's Deep Space Network

Instruments
MCC - Mars Colour Camera
TIS - Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
MSM - Methane Sensor for Mars
MENCA - Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser
LAP - Lyman Alpha

STATISTICS AND UPDATES :-

ISRO spent $75 million to launch the mission, making it the least-expensive Mars mission to date. On September 28, 2014, MOM controllers published the spacecraft's first global view of Mars. The image was captured by the Mars Colour Camera (MCC). Over the years, MCC has captured over 980 images that were released to the public. On September 24, 2018, MOM completed four years in its orbit around Mars, although the designed mission life was only six months. ISRO now plans to develop and launch a follow-up mission called Mars Orbiter Mission 2 (MOM-2 or Mangalyaan-2) in 2024

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar starrer Mission Mangal is released on August 15, 2019. The movie is based on India's Mangalyaan

IMAGE OF THE RED PLANET TAKEN BY MANGALYAAN PROB :-

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