India’s first mission to Mars has successfully blasted off on its 300-day journey to the red planet. The Mars Orbiter Mission, or Mangalyaan, launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on 5 November. It is scheduled to start circling the planet and taking data in September 2014.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/india-launches-mars-bound-probe
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