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Mars is the fourth planet fromthe Sun and the second smallestplanet in the Solar System,after Mercury. Named afterthe Roman god of war, it is oftendescribed as the "Red Planet"because the iron oxide prevalent onits surface gives it a reddishappearance.

•Orbital period: 687 day

•Gravity: 3.711 m/s²

•Surface area: 144,798,500 km²

•Radius: 3,390 km

•Orbits: Sun

From Sanskrit:

मंगल mangala means "Mars"

&

यान yana means "craft, vehicle"

The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also

called Mangalyaan. It was launched by the

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) It is

India's first interplanetary mission and ISRO has

become the fourth space agency to reach Mars.

Launched – 5 November

2013

Launch mass – 1,337 kg

Payload mass – 15 kg

Period – 72 hours 51

Entered mars orbit – 24 September

2014

The Indian Space Research Organisation is

the primary space agency of India. ISRO is

among the largest government space agencies

in the world. Its primary objective is to advance

space technology and use its applications for

national benefit.

• 1. K.Radhakrishnan: He is theChairman of ISRO andSecretary in department ofspace. He was responsible forleading the mission and overallactivities of ISRO. He said, "Ithas been a new and complexmission. The journey hasbegun, the challenging phase isgoing to come

M Annadurai: He is theProgramme Director of MarsOrbiter Mission. He joinedISRO in 1982 and is leadingmany Remote Sensing andScience missions. He wasthe project director ofChandrayaan-1 and nowChandrayaan- 2, the Indianmissions to Moon

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