The Mars Orbiter Mission 2, also known as Mangalyaan 2, is India's second interplanetary craft planned to orbit Mars by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). It is planned for launch no earlier than [2026].[1] India was the first Asian nation to reach Mars' orbit and on its first attempt when Mangalyaan 1 was launched in 2013 by ISRO. It was originally going to include a lander, but in February 2021, ISRO decided it would only be an orbiter.
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Spacecraft missions to Mars |
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| Past | | Flybys | |
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| Landers |
- Viking 1
- Viking 2
- Mars Pathfinder
- Phoenix
- InSight
- Tianwen-1 lander
- Beagle 2†
- Mars Polar Lander† / Deep Space 2†
- ExoMars Schiaparelli†
- Mars 2†
- Mars 3†
- Mars 6†
- Mars 7†
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| Rovers |
- Zhurong
- Mars Exploration Rover
- Sojourner
- PrOP-M†
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| Future | | Planned |
- EscaPADE (2025)
- Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) (2026)
- Mangalyaan-2 (2026)
- Tera-hertz Explorer (TEREX)
- Tianwen-3 (2028)
- Rosalind Franklin (2028)
- MBR Explorer‡ (2028, flyby in 2031)
- NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return
- Kazachok
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| Exploration | | Concepts | |
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| Strategies |
- Mars Scout Program
- Mars Exploration Program
- Mars Exploration Joint Initiative
- Mars Next Generation
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| Advocacy |
- The Mars Project
- The Case for Mars
- Inspiration Mars
- Mars Institute
- Mars Society
- Mars race
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Missions are ordered by launch date. Sign † indicates failure en route or before intended mission data returned. ‡ indicates use of the planet as a gravity assist en route to another destination. |