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Mars Orbiter Spacecraft successfully inserted into Mars orbit

Submit on Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 22:57

ISRO successfully placed its low-cost Mars spacecraft in orbit around the red planet in its very first attempt. The orbit insertion progressed satisfactorily and the spacecraft performance was normal. It is is now circling Mars in an orbit whose nearest point to Mars (periapsis) is at 421.7 km and farthest point (apoapsis) at 76,993.6 km.

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