The main body of the first stage is 2 4 meters 8 feet in diameter and 26 1 meters 85 6 feet long.
Satellite going to mars.
It s aiming for jezero crater a spot on mars that scientists think was once a lake where microbes could have lived.
The viking 1 orbiter is predicted not to decay until at least 2019.
One example is mariner 9 which entered mars orbit in 1971 and is expected to remain in orbit until approximately 2022 when the spacecraft is projected to enter the martian atmosphere and either burn up or crash into the planet s surface.
Mars odyssey prior to main engine cutoff meco the central first stage continues to burn for over 4 minutes.
The mars orbiter mission probe lifted off from the first launch pad at satish dhawan space centre sriharikota range shar andhra pradesh using a polar satellite launch vehicle pslv rocket c25 at 09 08 utc on 5 november 2013.
The satellite is one of a number of projects the uae government says signals its intention to move the country away from a dependence on oil and gas and towards a future based on a knowledge.
Astronauts on the orbiting laboratory are helping us prove many of the technologies and communications systems needed for human missions to deep space including mars.
The launch window was approximately 20 days long and started on 28 october 2013.
This map of mars shows where nasa s.
Landing is set for feb.
While robotic explorers have studied mars for more than 40 years nasa s path for the human exploration of mars begins in low earth orbit aboard the international space station.