The Mars Orbiter Mission was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Andhra Pradesh using a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C25 XL on 5 November 2013.
It is one of the world's most reliable launch vehicles.
The XL variant was earlier used to launch Chandrayaan (2008), GSAT-12 (2011) and RISAT-1 (2012).
MOM is India's first venture into the interplanetary space.
It will explore and observe Mars surface features, morphology, mineralogy and the Martian atmosphere.
Note: PSLV stands for Polar Satelite Launch Vehicle.