India Prepares Orbiting Mars Satellite

摘要

India plans to send a small, crewless satellite to orbit Mars in what would be its first visit to the planet. On 3 August, the Indian cabinet cleared a proposal from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for a launch in November 2013. The agency will use its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, the same rocket that sent Chandrayaan-1 on a successful mission around the moon in 2008.