Organized space research was spearheaded by

Vikram Sarabhai and Homi J Bhabha

Indian National Committee for Space Research
(INCOSPAR) was set up in 1962 and later grew into
ISRO in 1969
First Chairman Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
ISRO began its humble journey in St Mary
Magdalene Church

Feasibility study of MOM mission began in

2010, after the launch of lunar satellite
Chandrayaan-1 in 2008
Govt. of India approved the project on
August, 2012
ISRO announced the launch of mission to
Mars in August, 2013
Mangalyaan was launched on 5th of
November, 2013
Entered the Mars orbit on 24th September,
2014

Successful launch of Aryabhatta

Designed and developed Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle and Geostationary
Satellite Launch Vehicle
Giant leap in the communication and
education sector was achieved by the
INSAT and EDUSAT series
Success of Chandrayaan

Develop technologies required for Design, Planning ,

Management and Operations of an Interplanetary
missions
Technical Objectives
Design and realization of Mars Orbiter
Orbit around the Mars
Deep space communication, Navigation, Mission
planning and management
Scientific Objectives
Exploration of Mars surface features
Study of Morphology, Topography, Mineralogy, and
Martian atmosphere by indigenous scientific instruments
To see Mars had the environment in which life evolved

Bus - a modified I-1 K

structure and propulsion
hardware configuration
Power - generated by three
solar array panels, for a
maximum of 840 watts of
power generation in Mars
orbit
Propulsion - A liquid fuel
engine with a thrust of 440
Newtons is used for orbit
raising and insertion into
Mars orbit.
Payload
Lymann Alpha
Photometer
Methane Sensor for
Mars

Indias first mission to Mars

Cost US $73 million (Rs 450 crore)
Mass 1.3 ton
India is the 5th in the world to travel to
the RED PLANET
India is the first country to reach Mars in
the very first attempt
India is the first Asian country to reach
RED PLANET
Launch vehicle used was PSLV - XL

This was developed in VSSC, Trivandrum

and has five successful launch history

24 hours 37 minutes day

687 days year
Gravity 1/3 of Earth
Inspires vision of an approachable world
Planet similar to Earth
Human speculation

"A one-km auto rickshaw ride in Ahmedabad takes Rs

10 and India reached Mars at Rs 7 per km which is
really amazing," the Prime Minister said
At just $74 million, the mission costs less than the
estimated 100 million $budget of the sci-fi
blockbuster "Gravity".
India became the first country to go to Mars in the
very first try. European, American and Russian probes
have managed to orbit or land on the planet, but
after several attempts.
NASA's latest mission to Mars called MAVEN, which
incidentally reached the Red Planet on Monday
ahead of the Indian satellite, costs ten times more.
It has cost Rs. 450 crores or just about Rs. 4 per
person in India.

Just 450crore, that is

Rs. 12/Km. Equivalent
to an autofare

Ambanis House - $222

million

Mumbai Metro - Rs 4,321

crore

International terminal, Mumbai - Rs

12,500 crore

126 Rafale fighter jet deal - $10

billion

Mangalyaan - $73 million or Rs

450 crore

Thank you