The Mars Orbiter Mission also
known as Mangalyaanhas
beamed back the first set of pictures of Earth on 21 November 2013 that was
captured by Mars Color Camera fitted on Mars Orbiter spacecraft. The picture of earth has captured the Indian subcontinent
and parts of Africa.
The camera has
also captured the cyclonic storm Helen that is heading towards Andhra
Pradesh coast. The Picture was taken on 19 November 2013 from an
altitude of 67975 km with a resolution of 3.53 km. This is the first time after
launch that an instrument on board has been checked for its operation.
Earlier, ISRO had
performed all five orbit raising manoeuvres planned on the Mars Orbiter and raised
the apogee of the spacecraft to over 1.92 lakh km.