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Live reporting: India successfully launches Mangalyaan to Mars, goes into Earth's orbit

Sriharikota(AP): India today put its first confident foot forward in inter-planetary travel when it successfully launched the Mangalyaan (Mars Orbiter Mission) into Earth's orbit with old workhorse PSLV C-25 doing a perfect liftoff, putting the

India TV News Desk Updated on: November 05, 2013 16:39 IST





This is the first time the national space agency is aspiring to send a mission to study a celestial body outside Earth's sphere of influence.
 
India's Mars Orbiter is expected to reach the red planet's orbit by September 2014 and look for the presence of methane, an indicator of life there.
 
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