New Delhi: India plans to send a mission to the Red Planet, Mars. This will be a huge step for India in the area of science and technology, according to Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India.
The Government of India has approved Mars Orbitter Mission to collect important scientific information including climate, geology, origin, evolution and sustainability of life on the planet. The mission was announced during a speech marking the 66th anniversary of India's independence.
India will be sixth country to launch a mission to Mars, after US, Russia, Europe, Japan and China. India will be the first Asian country to do so because the probes sent by China and Japan had to be abandoned en route.
The Mars Orbiter Mission is expected to be launched in November 2013 with a 25 kg scientific payload from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). It will take around 300 days to reach Martian orbit. It will be placed in an orbit of 500 x 80,000 km around Mars.
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