First pics: Mangalyaan at space port
India's maiden satellite to Mars named `Mangalyaan' was flagged off after a series of pujas and by waving a green flag on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary at 6 AM on Oct 2, 2013 from inside the cradle in ISRO where it was born in Bangalore after a gestation of 15 months. Incidentally, the national holiday was chosen since traffic would be light on the roads.
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India's maiden satellite to Mars named `Mangalyaan' was flagged off after a series of pujas and by waving a green flag on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary at 6 AM on October 2, 2013 from inside the cradle in ISRO. It was born in Bangalore after a gestation of 15 months. Incidentally, the national holiday was chosen since traffic would be light on the roads.
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Mangalyaan safely reached India's space port at Sriharikota after a 36 hour road journey from Bangalore on October 3, 2013 at about 6 pm. ISRO had to take a longer and more circuitous route to reach Sriharikota to avoid the Telangana agitation.
Photo Credit: ISRO
