MoM's journey: Timeline of events until ISRO's Mangalyaan entered Mars orbit

Bangalore: India on Wednesday successfully placed its Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) in the Red Planet’s orbit. [caption id=“attachment_1727501” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] India is the only nation in the world to send a spacecraft into Mars orbit it its maiden attempt. Agencies[/caption] Following is the chronology of events that traces the journey of Mangalyaan which lasted over 300 days: 5 November, 2013: ISRO’s PSLV C25 launches India’s Mars Orbiter Mission from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. 7 November: First Earth-bound manoeuvre performed. 8 November: Second Earth-bound manoeuvre performed. 9 November: Third Earth-bound manoeuvre performed. 11 November: Fourth Earth-bound manoeuvre performed. 12 November: Fifth Earth-bound manoeuvre performed. 16 November: Sixth Earth-bound manoeuvre performed. 1 December: MOM leaves Earth’s orbit, Trans-Mars Injection performed. 4 December: MOM leaves Earth’s Sphere of Influence of 9.25 lakh km radius. 11 December: First course correction manoeuvre performed on the spacecraft. 11 June, 2014: Second course correction manoeuvre executed. 22 September: MOM enters Mars’ Gravitational Sphere of Influence; 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor test fired after over 300 days of dormancy; last trajectory correction manoeuvre performed. 24 September: MOM reaches the intended orbit around Mars, making India the first country in the world to have successfully launched its mission to the Red Planet on the very first attempt. PTI