--- title: "Which Mission is related to Mangalyaan?" description: "Which Mission is related to Mangalyaan?" author: "Lily Chitlangiya" published: 2021-11-18 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94147/which-mission-is-related-to-mangalyaan category: "space technology" tags: ["space science", "space programs"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Which Mission is related to Mangalyaan? Which Mission is related to Mangalyaan? \ ## Answers ### Answer by Sanjay Goenka **[Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Orbiter_Mission#History) is also called “Mangalyaan”**\ \ The Magalyaan spacecraft was **[launched by the Indian Space Research organisation (ISRO)](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94152/which-spacecraft-is-developed-by-isro-to-study-the-sun)** on 5 November 2013. From its first Launchpad **Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh** with the help of **[PSLV- C25.](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94158/which-is-the-latest-pslv-launched-by-isro)** **\** ![Which Mission is related to Mangalyaan?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/6ed4a222-a5ea-48ac-a003-08423b095cfd/images/e34ca1b9-53b8-4106-b1ed-5c08b45fe5b9.jpeg) **\** **\** **Historical view** First, it was announced by **the then ISRO’s Chairman [G](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Madhavan_Nair)****[. Madhavan Nair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Madhavan_Nair)**on **23 November 2008** but the main starting of this mission started in **2010** when the **Indian Space science** started his study on the feasibility of the mission. Then on **3 August 2012**, the then Prime Minister **approved the Project.** And initially, it was decided to launch it on **28 October 2023 but later postponed to 5 November**. **\** **Important team members of the mission** 1- **[K Radhakrishnan as the Chairman of Isro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Radhakrishnan#:~:text=Koppillil%20Radhakrishnan%20(born%2029%20August,Space%20and%20Chairman%20of%20ISRO.)** 2- [**Mylswamy annadurai**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mylswamy_Annadurai) worked as the **director of the Mission** 3- [**Moumita Dutta**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moumita_Dutta) was the **project manager** of this mission and her contribution is remarkable. 4- **[Ritu karidhal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritu_Karidhal)** worked in the mission as the **Deputy Operations Director of navigations** 5- **[A.S Kiran Kumar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._S._Kiran_Kumar)** was the **director of the satellite application center** **\** **Mission’s objective** The first and foremost objective was **to develop the technology of the interplanetary mission** here developing technology means developing the capability of this **designing,** **planning, management, and operations**. This effort made by the ISRO’s team made India an Interplanetary Country. Then the other important objective of this mission was **to explore the mars**, their **atmosphere**, **air, surface view**, and many more. The scientific objective was to **study [Morphology,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomorphology) [topology](https://www.google.com/search?q=topology&rlz=1C1GCEU_enIN821IN821&oq=topology&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i131i433i512j0i433i512j0i512j0i131i433i512l2j0i512l4.1076j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8), and Mineralogy.** **\** **The payload of the spacecraft** The payload was very less as it has only **15 Kg** of scientific machinery which will be considered as the scientific payload of **5 instruments those instruments are as follows.** • Lyman Alpha Photometer(**LAP**) – 1.97 Kg • Methane Sensors for Mars( **MSM**) – 2.94 Kg • Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser(**NENCA**) – 3.56 Kg • Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer**(TIS**)- 3.20 Kg • Mars Colour Camera( **MCC)**- 1.27Kg. **\** **Cost** – the cost of this spacecraft including all pay used for this mission was **450 crore**. In this mission all the working scientists were the lesser paid employee, it was mentioned by the **[BBC news](https://www.bbc.com/news)** in his report. \ --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94147/which-mission-is-related-to-mangalyaan Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.