Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) MARS Mission is India's first interplanetary mission and ISRO has become the fourth space agency to reach Mars, after the Soviet space program, NASA, and the European Space Agency. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Mission type Mars orbiter

Operator ISRO

COSPAR ID 2013-060A

SATCAT № 39370

Mission duration Planned: 6 months

Extension: 6 months

Elapsed: 1 year, 7 months and 28 days

Spacecraft properties

Bus I-1K

Manufacturer ISAC

Launch mass 1,337 kg (2,948 lb)

BOL mass 550 kg (1,210 lb)

Dry mass 500 kg (1,100 lb)

Payload mass 15 kg (33 lb)

Dimensions 1.5 m (4.9 ft) cube

Power 840 watts

Start of mission

Launch date 5 November 2013, 09:08 UTC

Rocket PSLV-XL C25

Launch site Satish Dhawan FLP

Contractor ISRO


Orbital parameters

Reference system Areocentric

Periareon 421.7 km (262.0 mi)

Apoareon 76,993.6 km (47,841.6 mi)

Inclination 150.0°

Period 72 hours, 51 minutes, 51 seconds

Epoch Planned

Mars orbiter

Orbital insertion 24 September 2014, 02:00 UTC

MSD 50027 06:27 AMT