Mars Orbiter Mission launch rehearsal at Sriharikota today

October 31, 2013 09:49

Ahead of the launch of India's ambitious Rs 430-crore Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), ISRO will carry out a launch rehearsal on Thursday at the First Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre here.

The final countdown for Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) will begin November 3 morning.

"The countdown for the Mars Orbiter Mission will begin Sunday at 6.08 a.m.," K Radhakrishnan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation told reporters.

PSLV C-25 carrying the Mars Orbiter spacecraft is slated for lift-off at 2.36 PM on November 5.

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