SPACECRAFT
NAME
Mars Orbiter Mission
RANGE
223.99 million km
ROUND-TRIP LIGHT TIME
24.90 minutes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses ISRO scientists and the country on the success of
Mangalyaan. He congratulates the scientists and the country on this historic ocassion.
Narendra Modi: History has been created, we have dared to reach out to the unknown. India has created history today, We have reached which was nearly impossible.
The odds, were stacked against us. Of the 51 missions, attempted across the world so far, a mere 21 had succeeded. But we have prevailed.
Travelling more than 650 million kms, we have gone beyond the boundaries of human imagination. India joins an elite group of just three organisations around the world We have put together the mission within just three years of testing its feasibility
Our scientists have achieved this at a cost which is lesser than some Hollywood movies. Built it indigenously, in a pan-Indian effort, stretching from Bangalore to Bhubhaneshwar, and Faridabad to Rajkot.
None of the nations have been successful in maiden attempt, India is only country which has been successful in its very first attempt.
These, are all accomplishments, that will go down as landmarks, in history. Indian space agency's low-cost mission to Mars successfully entered the red planet's
orbit on Wednesday, crowning India as the first country to execute such a project in its maiden attempt.
