Success of Mangalyaan would place Isro in a different orbit

Completing the first stage of what is expected to be a long and arduous mission, the successful launch of Mangalyaan - India's first probe to Mars - is encouraging. The launch provisionally catapults India into an elite club comprising the US, the erstwhile Soviet Union and the European Space Agency. Should Mangalyaan successfully reach Mars, India would become the first Asian nation to make it to the red planet - earlier attempts by China and Japan having failed.

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