The Mars mission, if successful, will put India in a vantage position in the space race

The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) launched successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Station in Sriharikota on Tuesday afternoon is now set on a long journey to the Red Planet. The orbiter will find its way to Mars — some 400 million kilometres away — through a complicated and highly challenging trajectory. The orbiter will rotate around the earth several times and at designated points its speed will be increased gradually using an on-board propulsion system. 

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