October 7th 2022: The Rs 450 crore Mars Orbiter Mission was launched onboard PSLV-C25 on November five, 2013
"The spacecraft is non-recoverable and attained its end-of-life," ISRO said in a statement, emphasizing that "the mission will be ever-regarded as a remarkable technological and scientific feat in the history of planetary exploration."
The Rs 450 crore Mars Orbiter Mission was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Andhra Pradeshonboard PSLV-C25 on November five, 2013, and the spacecraft was successfully inserted into Mars’ orbit on September 24, 2014 in its first attempt.
Excerpts from ISRO:
Despite being designed for a life-span of six months as a technology demonstrator, the Mars Orbiter Mission has lived for about eight years in the Martian orbit with a gamut of significant scientific results on Mars as well as on the Solar corona, before losing communication with the ground station, as a result of a long eclipse in April 2022. During the national meet, ISRO deliberated that the propellant must have been exhausted, and therefore, the desired attitude pointing could not be achieved for sustained power generation.
It was declared that the spacecraft is non-recoverable, and attained its end-of-life. The mission will be ever-regarded as a remarkable technological and scientific feat in the history of planetary exploration.
"Right now, there is no fuel left. The satellite battery has drained," sources in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) told PTI. ISRO officials noted that the Mars orbiter craft functioned for almost eight years, well beyond its designed mission life of six months. "It has done its job and yielded significant scientific results," they said.
Mangalyaan, launched in 2013 the first interplanetary mission from India, making Isro the fourth space agency in the world to launch such a mission beyond Earth's orbit. The spacecraft was a demonstration mission aimed at establishing that India could design, launch and operate a mission on another world.