Preparations for India's Mars mission

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

Security check at Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota Photograph by Vibha Varshney Read more: Mars Orbiter Mission

The antenna has been installed near Byalalu village near BengaluruPhotograph by Vibha Varshney

Mars orbiter is received at the Satish Dhawan Satellite Centre at SriharikotaPhotograph courtesy ISRO

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)Photograph courtesy ISRO

PSLV model at the entrance of Satish Dhawan Space Centre Photograph by Vibha Varshney Read more: Mars Orbiter Mission

Deep Space Data Centre where all the data and information received from Mars orbiter will be storedPhotograph by Vibha Varshney

Mars orbiter is unloaded in a sanitised room at Satish Dhawan Satellite Centre at SriharikotaPhotograph courtesy ISRO

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

PSLV lifts off to put Mars orbiter in Earth's orbit in the first phase of the satellite's journey to MarsPhotograph courtesy ISRO Read more: Mars Orbiter Mission

Mural at Indian Deep Space Network complexPhotograph by Vibha Varshney

Mars orbiter at Satish Dhawan Satellite CentrePhotograph courtesy ISRO

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

Models of ISRO's satellite launchers at Satish Dhawan Satellite Centre Photograph by Vibha Varshney Read more: Mars Orbiter Mission

Thirty-two diameter dish-shaped antenna that will receive signals from the orbiter satellitePhotograph by Vibha Varshney