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Preparations for India's Mars mission

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<p>Orbiter is flagged off from ISRO Satellite Application Centre (ISAC) for Sriharikota from where it would be launched using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photograph</strong> <strong>courtesy ISRO</strong></p><br />

Orbiter is flagged off from ISRO Satellite Application Centre (ISAC) for Sriharikota from where it would be launched using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)



Photograph courtesy ISRO


<p>Security check at Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photograph by Vibha Varshney</strong> <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read more:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/42632'>Mars Orbiter Mission</a></p>

Security check at Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota



Photograph by Vibha Varshney



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<p>The antenna has been installed near Byalalu village near Bengaluru</p><br /><p><strong>Photograph by Vibha Varshney</strong></p><br />

The antenna has been installed near Byalalu village near Bengaluru


Photograph by Vibha Varshney


<p>Mars orbiter is received at the Satish Dhawan Satellite Centre at Sriharikota<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photograph </strong><strong>courtesy ISRO</strong></p><br />

Mars orbiter is received at the Satish Dhawan Satellite Centre at Sriharikota



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<p>The orbiter will be launched on India's launcher Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from Sriharikota. In picture: PSLV at mobile service tower at the Satish Dhawan Space Research Centre at Sriharikota (SHAR)<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photograph</strong> <strong>courtesy ISRO</strong></p><br />

The orbiter will be launched on India's launcher Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from Sriharikota. In picture: PSLV at mobile service tower at the Satish Dhawan Space Research Centre at Sriharikota (SHAR)



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PSLV model at the entrance of Satish Dhawan Space Centre <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photograph by Vibha Varshney</strong> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/42632' target='_blank'>Mars Orbiter Mission</a>
PSLV model at the entrance of Satish Dhawan Space Centre




Photograph by Vibha Varshney




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<p>Deep Space Data Centre where all the data and information received from Mars orbiter will be stored</p><br /><p><strong>Photograph by Vibha Varshney</strong></p><br />

Deep Space Data Centre where all the data and information received from Mars orbiter will be stored


Photograph by Vibha Varshney


<p>Mars orbiter is unloaded in a sanitised room at Satish Dhawan Satellite Centre at Sriharikota</p><br /><p><strong>Photograph </strong><strong>courtesy ISRO</strong></p><br />

Mars orbiter is unloaded in a sanitised room at Satish Dhawan Satellite Centre at Sriharikota


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<p>Mars orbiter being assembled at ISRO Satellite Application Centre (ISAC) in Bengaluru</p><br /><p><strong>Photograph </strong><strong>courtesy ISRO</strong></p><br />

Mars orbiter being assembled at ISRO Satellite Application Centre (ISAC) in Bengaluru


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<p>PSLV lifts off to put Mars orbiter in Earth's orbit in the first phase of the satellite's journey to Mars<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photograph courtesy ISRO</strong> <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read more:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/42632'>Mars Orbiter Mission</a></p>

PSLV lifts off to put Mars orbiter in Earth's orbit in the first phase of the satellite's journey to Mars



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<p>Mural at Indian Deep Space Network complex</p><br /><p><strong>Photograph by Vibha Varshney</strong></p><br />

Mural at Indian Deep Space Network complex


Photograph by Vibha Varshney


<p>Mars orbiter at Satish Dhawan Satellite Centre</p><br /><p><strong>Photograph courtesy ISRO</strong></p><br />

Mars orbiter at Satish Dhawan Satellite Centre


Photograph courtesy ISRO


<p>Mars orbiter being assembled at ISRO Satellite Application Centre (ISAC) in Bengaluru</p><br /><p><strong>Photograph </strong><strong>courtesy ISRO</strong></p><br />

Mars orbiter being assembled at ISRO Satellite Application Centre (ISAC) in Bengaluru


Photograph courtesy ISRO


<p>Models of ISRO's satellite launchers at Satish Dhawan Satellite Centre <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photograph by Vibha Varshney</strong> <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read more:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/42632'>Mars Orbiter Mission</a></p>

Models of ISRO's satellite launchers at Satish Dhawan Satellite Centre



Photograph by Vibha Varshney



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<p>Thirty-two diameter dish-shaped antenna that will receive signals from the orbiter satellite</p><br /><p><strong>Photograph by Vibha Varshney</strong></p><br />

Thirty-two diameter dish-shaped antenna that will receive signals from the orbiter satellite


Photograph by Vibha Varshney


ISRO
MOM
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Indian Space Research Organisation
Mars Orbiter Mission
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)
ISRO chairperson K Radhakrishnan
Preparations for India's Mars mission
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