Science and Exploration

India’s Mars Orbiter Sends Back Its First Images

By Keith Cowing
September 25, 2014
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India’s Mars Orbiter Sends Back Its First Images
Mars as Seen by Mars Orbiter
ISRO

India’s Mars Orbiter Spacecraft has captured its first image of Mars. The image was taken from a height of 7300 km; with 376 m spatial resolution. Larger image. Another image shows the limb of Mars.

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