ISRO celebrates as Mangalyaan completes 4 years orbiting Mars

New Delhi : The Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO is celebrating the 4th birthday of Mangalyaan. Launched earlier in 2013, it’s the country's first mission to outer space. The Mars Orbiter Mission has successfully completed four years orbiting the red planet.

Good news is that Mangalyaan satellite is sending back some excellent images of Mars which has never been seen before.

On November 5, 2013, ISRO launched the Mars Orbiter which placed itself into orbit around the red planet by September 24, 2014. To surprise all, the satellite was designed for a six-month-long mission, but somehow, it is managing to beam back data to the Indian space agency for four years. Recently, ISRO Mars orbiter has sent a picture of Mars’ Olympus Mons, which is simply extra-ordinary.

Experts claim that it is the only Mars satellite that’s been able to capture the planet’s whole disc in a single frame, as well as the far side of its moon Deimos. It’s capture over 890 images of the red planet and its neighbours so far, helping Indian scientists map out the surface for the Mars Atlas initiative.

Scientists say that ISRO's Mangalyaan has been able to survive because it was built with full autonomy capability. It frequently goes into hibernation to conserve power, but come back to its working position.