Mars Orbiter Mission; put into Earth's orbit (Launch streamed live from Sriharikota on Doordarshan)

Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft separates from PSLV rocket successfully, and has been put into Earth's orbit at 2:38 pm today from Sriharikota. Mars Orbiter Mission is India's first interplanetary mission to planet Mars with an orbiter craft designed to orbit Mars in an elliptical orbit. The Mission is primarily technological mission considering the critical mission operations and stringent requirements on propulsion and other bus systems of spacecraft.