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| India's Mars satellite 'Mangalyaan' sends first images | India's Mars satellite 'Mangalyaan' sends first images |
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| India's space agency has released its first picture of Mars, taken by its satellite which entered orbit around the Red Planet on Wednesday. | India's space agency has released its first picture of Mars, taken by its satellite which entered orbit around the Red Planet on Wednesday. |
| "The view is nice up here," tweeted @isro. A handful of images have been sent by the Mangalyaan probe so far. | "The view is nice up here," tweeted @isro. A handful of images have been sent by the Mangalyaan probe so far. |
| Part of its mission is to study the Martian atmosphere for signs of life. | Part of its mission is to study the Martian atmosphere for signs of life. |
| It is the first time a maiden voyage to Mars has entered orbit successfully and it is the cheapest. Nasa's latest Maven mission cost almost 10 times as much. | |
| Media in India have hailed the venture as a "historic achievement". | Media in India have hailed the venture as a "historic achievement". |
| The Hindu newspaper reported that the probe had "beamed back about 10 pictures of the Red Planet's surface which show some craters". | |
| Officials were quoted by the newspaper as saying the pictures were of "good quality". | Officials were quoted by the newspaper as saying the pictures were of "good quality". |
| Analysis - Jonathan Amos, Science correspondent | Analysis - Jonathan Amos, Science correspondent |
| India's space programme has succeeded at the first attempt where others have failed - by sending an operational mission to Mars. | India's space programme has succeeded at the first attempt where others have failed - by sending an operational mission to Mars. |
| It is, without doubt, a considerable achievement. This is a mission that has been budgeted at 4.5bn rupees ($74m), which, by Western standards, is staggeringly cheap. | It is, without doubt, a considerable achievement. This is a mission that has been budgeted at 4.5bn rupees ($74m), which, by Western standards, is staggeringly cheap. |
| The American Maven orbiter that arrived at the Red Planet on Monday is costing almost 10 times as much. | The American Maven orbiter that arrived at the Red Planet on Monday is costing almost 10 times as much. |
| Back in June, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi even quipped that India's real-life Martian adventure was costing less than the make-believe Hollywood film Gravity. | Back in June, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi even quipped that India's real-life Martian adventure was costing less than the make-believe Hollywood film Gravity. |
| Why India's Mars mission is so cheap - and thrilling | Why India's Mars mission is so cheap - and thrilling |
| Maiden success | Maiden success |
| Reports said the camera was the first of the instruments being carried by the satellite to be switched on, a few hours after it entered into orbit. | |
| India's 1,350kg (2,970lb) robotic spacecraft, which undertook a 10-month-long 200-million-km journey, is equipped with five instruments. | |
| They include a thermal imaging spectrometer to map the surface and mineral wealth of the planet, and a sensor to track methane - a possible sign of life - and other components of the atmosphere. | |
| India has become the fourth nation or geo-bloc to put a satellite into orbit around Mars, and the first from Asia. | India has become the fourth nation or geo-bloc to put a satellite into orbit around Mars, and the first from Asia. |
| Only the US, Russia and Europe have previously sent missions to Mars. |