Mars Orbiter Mission
Names | Mangalyaan
Mission type | Mars orbiter
Operator | ISRO
COSPAR ID | 2013-060A
SATCAT no. | 39370
Website | www.isro.gov.in/pslv-c25-mars-orbiter-mission
Mission duration | Planned: 6 months Elapsed: 4 years, 7 months, 29 days
Spacecraft properties
Bus | I-1K
Manufacturer | ISAC
Launch mass | 1,337.2 kg (2,948 lb)
BOL mass | ≈550 kg (1,210 lb)
Dry mass | 482.5 kg (1,064 lb)
Payload mass | 13.4 kg (30 lb)
Dimensions | 1.5 m (4.9 ft) cube
Power | 840 watts
Start of mission
Launch date | 5 November 2013, 09:08 (2013-11-05UTC09:08) UTC
Rocket | PSLV-XL C25
Launch site | Satish Dhawan FLP
Contractor | ISRO
Mars orbiter
Orbital insertion | 24 September 2014, 02:00 UTC MSD 50027 06:27 AMT 1702 days / 1656 sols
Orbit parameters
Periareon | 421.7 km (262.0 mi)
Apoareon | 76,993.6 km (47,841.6 mi)
Inclination | 150.0°
Instruments
MCC | Mars Colour Camera
TIS | Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
MSM | Methane Sensor for Mars
MENCA | Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser
LAP | Lyman Alpha Photometer
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