India's Mars Orbiter launched in 2013 lost ground station communication
India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft was designed to last for six months. However, it lost communication with ground stations.
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India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft was designed to last for six months. However, it lost communication with ground stations.
India’s Mars Orbiter craft has run out of propellant and its battery drained beyond the safe limit, fuelling speculation that the country’s maiden interplanetary mission ‘Mangalyaan’ may have finally completed its long innings.
Mangalyaan - the Rs 450 crore Mars Orbiter Mission was launched onboard PSLV-C25 on November five, 2013, and the MOM spacecraft was successfully inserted into Martian orbit on September 24, 2014 in its first attempt.
India's Mars Orbiter craft has run out of propellant and its battery drained beyond the safe limit, fuelling speculation that the country's maiden interplanetary mission 'Mangalyaan' may have finally completed its long innings.