India successfully launches its Mars Orbiter- Nov 5, 2013India's ambitious Rs.450 crore space mission to Mars was launched on Nov 5 from the Indian Space Research Organisation's Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
An ISRO Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launched the probe on its 300-day trek into orbit around the Red Planet.
The craft carrying the Mars Orbiter named Mangalyaan has already left the Earth's gravitational orbit for its tryst with Mars around September, 2014.
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