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Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan)

2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return

Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan)

India’s first interplanetary mission and first successful Mars mission on its first attempt.

Era 5 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
5 Nov 2013
Lead / partner
India
Target
Mars
Category
Planetary orbiter
Status
Success
Vehicle
PSLV-XL C25
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown
Duration
Planned:6 monthsFinal:

Why it happened

Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan) flew during 2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return, as part of India's work toward mars. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: India’s first interplanetary mission and first successful Mars mission on its first attempt.

Results

India’s first interplanetary mission and first successful Mars mission on its first attempt.

Related missions

Mars Orbiter … Curiosity (MSL) — same_target Curiosity ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter / Schiaparelli — same_target ExoMars Trace… Phoenix — same_target Phoenix InSight — same_target InSight

Sources & image credits

  • Nesnad, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · license: cc-by-sa-4.0 (source, checked 2026-08-23)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog