INDIA STARTS HISTORIC MISSION TO MARS
PSLV puts Mars orbiter precisely
into earth-orbit; trip to the Red Planet will take more than 300 days
Ø The nation’s
prestigious interplanetary mission to Mars, 40 crore km away, got off to a
flying start on Tuesday when the Indian Space Research Organisation’s trusty
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25) roared off the first launch pad of
the spaceport at Sriharikota at 2.38 p.m. and put the Mars orbiter precisely
into its earth-orbit about 44 minutes later.
Mission highlights
Ø Two mission highlights are: it was the longest
PSLV mission at 44 minutes — the previous missions lasted about 18 minutes, and
this was the silver jubilee lift-off of the PSLV. Out of the 25 launches, 24
had been successful in a row.
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