The Mars Orbiter Mission also
known as Mangalyaan has beamed back the first set of pictures of Earth on 21
November 2013 that was captured by Mars Color Camera fitted on Mars Orbiter
spacecraft. The picture of earth has captured the Indian subcontinent and parts
of Africa . The camera has also captured the
cyclonic storm Helen that is heading towards Andhra Pradesh coast. The Picture
was taken on 19 November 2013 from an altitude of 67975 km with a resolution of
3.53 km. This is the first time after launch that an instrument on board has
been checked for its operation.
Earlier, ISRO had performed
all five orbit raising manoeuvres planned on the Mars Orbiter and raised the
apogee of the spacecraft to over 1.92 lakh km.
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