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SP Guide Publications Salutes ISRO for the Success of Mangalyaan – Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)
Regional dust storm activities over northern hemisphere of Mars – captured by Mars Colour Camera onboard the Mars Orbiter Spacecraft from an altitude of 74,500 km on September 28, 2014.
One of the first images of the surface of Mars taken by the Mangalyaan on September 25, 2014.
Launch Year Name
Country
Result
Reason
1988
Phobos 1 Orbiter
USSR
Failure
Lost en route to Mars
1988
Phobos 2 USSR Orbiter/Lander
Failure
Lost near Phobos
1992 Mars Observer US Failure
Lost prior to Mars arrival
1996
More images than all Mars Missions
Mars Global US Success Surveyor
1996 Mars 96 Russia Failure
Launch vehicle failure
1996 Mars US Success Pathfinder
Technology experiment lasting 5 times longer than warranty
Failure
No orbit insertion
1998
Nozomi
Japan
1998
Mars Climate US Orbiter
Failure
Lost on arrival
1999
Mars Polar Lander
US
Failure
Lost on arrival
1999
Deep Space 2 US Probes (2)
Failure
Lost on arrival
2001 Mars Odyssey US Success
High resolution images of Mars
2003 Mars Express ESA Success/ Orbiter imaging Orbiter/Beagle 2 Lander Failure Mars in detail and lander lost on arrival
Trans Mars Injection (TMI): December 1, 2013, at 00:49 hrs (IST) Mars position, December 1, 2013 Departure from Earth, December 1, 2013
Earth orbit
Sun
Earth position, September 24, 2014
Mars orbiter trajectory 224 million km
666 million km
Midcourse Corrections 1. December 11, 2013 2. April 2014 (June 11, 2014) 3. August 2014 (Not required) 4. September 14, 2014 (September 22, 2014)
Mars orbit
Mars orbit insertion (MOI), September 24, 2014, at 07:30 hrs (IST)
2003 Mars Exploration US Success Rover - Spirit
Operating lifetime of more than 15 times original warranty
2003 Mars Exploration US Success Rover - Opportunity
Operating lifetime of more than 15 times original warranty
2005 Mars US Success Reconnaissance Orbiter
Returned more than 26 terabits of data (more than all other Mars missions combined)
2007
Phoenix Mars US Success Lander
Returned more than 25 gigabits of data
2011
Mars Science US Success Laboratory
Exploring Mars’ habitability
2011
Phobos-Grunt/ Russia/China Failure Yinghuo-1
Stranded in Earth orbit
2013
Mars US Success Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution
Studying the Martian atmosphere
2013 Mars Orbiter India Success Mission (MOM)
Develop interplanetary techno- logies and explore Mars’ surface features, mineralogy and atmosphere.
Source: NASA
ISRO became the world’s first organisation to reach Mars in its first attempt. Images: NASA, ISRO
ISRO’s mission cost around 11 per cent of NASA’s Maven mission.
Hearty congratulations and best wishes to ISRO team on Mangalyaan's success; nation proud of this historic achievement. —Pranab Mukherjee, President of India
Through your achievements, you have honoured our forefathers, and inspired our future generations. —Prime Minister Narendra Modi
India earns its admirable position in the world as one of the pioneering space exploring nations with Mangalyaan. — Sonia Gandhi, Congress President
Congratulations to ISRO scientists who successfully launched India’s Mangalyaan into Mars orbit. They have scripted history today! —Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister
We congratulate @ISRO for its Mars arrival! @MarsOrbiter joins the missions studying the Red Planet. #JourneyToMars — National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
Congratulations to @ISRO @MarsOrbiter on successful orbit insertion around #Mars, welcome to the club! —European Space Agency (ESA)