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Mars Orbiter Mission

  • Tuesday's launch may make India an interplanetary space-faring nation
    Space Systems
    India's Mars Orbiter Mission launches successfully
    This Tuesday at 2:38 PM IST, India successfully launched its unmanned Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) from the First Launch Pad at the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (IRSO) Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) on the island of Sriharikota, atop a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25).