India placed a satellite in orbit around Mars on Wednesday, confirming its place as a cost-effective explorer of outer space and becoming only the fourth nation to succeed in a scientific mission to the red planet.
“India has successfully reached Mars,” a proud Narendra Modi, prime minister, told cheering scientists at the mission control centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) in Bangalore.
The satellite – called Mangalyaan, or “Mars craft” – was launched from India in November last year and travelled for more than nine months to reach its destination.
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