India:-India on Wednesday became the first country to successfully put a spacecraft around Mars in its first attempt. Launched on November 5 last year, had a perfect Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) to get captured into the Mars orbit. The Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) and the eight small thrusters on board India’s orbiter to Mars ignited on time at 7.17 a.m. The spacecraft’s velocity was slowed down 1.09 meters per second against the targeted 1.1 meters per second. At the end of the burn-time of 24 minutes, the spacecraft was inserted into the Martian orbit.”The periapsis achieved was 427 km and the apoapsis was 78,500 km. The final values will be obtained after several hours Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Bangalore on Tuesday night for another engagement, spent nearly two hours watching India’s moment of glory. PM.Modi said India has successfully reached Mars. History has been created today. We have reached the unknown and achieved the impossible
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