 PSLV-XL C25 lifts off with Mars Orbiter Mission on 5 November 2013. | |
| Program overview | |
|---|---|
| Country |  India |
| Organization | ISRO |
| Purpose | Exploration of Mars |
| Status | Active |
| Programme history | |
| Cost | ₹454 crore (US$54 million)[1][2] |
| Duration | 2013–present |
| First flight | Mars Orbiter Mission, 5 November 2013 |
| Launch site(s) | Satish Dhawan Space Centre |
| Vehicle information | |
| Launch vehicle(s) | PSLV-XL |
The Indian Mars exploration missions are an ongoing series of outer space missions by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the exploration of Mars. The exploration is currently in the primary phase with Orbiter missions.[3]
There has been a single mission so far that deployed an orbiter around the planet which later lost its contact with the earth in 2022.[4][5][6] A second mission planned for 2024 when the launch window opens.[7]
- ^ "'We are planning to send our first orbiter to Mars in 2013'". 12 August 2012. Archived from the original on 12 August 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Rocket science: how Isro flew to Mars cheap". Hindustan Times. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ "Mars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft". Indian Space Research Organisation. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ Kumar, Chethan (2 October 2022). "Designed to last six months, India's Mars Orbiter bids adieu after 8 long years". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "With drained battery & no fuel, India's Mars Orbiter craft quietly bids adieu". Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "SCIENCE PROGRAMME OFFICE (SPO), ISRO HEADQUARTERS". www.isro.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
It was also discussed that despite being designed for a life-span of six months as a technology demonstrator, the Mars Orbiter Mission has lived for about eight years in the Martian orbit with a gamut of significant scientific results on Mars as well as on the Solar corona, before losing communication with the ground station as a result of a long eclipse in April 2022. During the national meet, ISRO deliberated that the propellant must have been exhausted, and therefore, the desired attitude pointing could not be achieved for sustained power generation. It was declared that the spacecraft is non-recoverable, and attended its end-of-life. The mission will be ever-regarded as a remarkable technological and scientific feat in the history of planetary exploration.
- ^ MOM Orbiter enters 6th year, ISRO eyes Mangalyaan-2. Rasheed Kappan, The Deccan Herald. 25 September 2019.