Mission Mars: Difficult challenges ahead, says ISRO chief

Autonomous features would ensure that the craft takes its own decisions until commands are sent from the ground— in case of malfunction, it would switch over to redundant systems and on occasions, goes into the safe mode, turning its antenna towards earth and solar panels toward sun to build up optimum power, the official explained.

Meanwhile, ISRO has also opened up through the social media platform, Facebook, to reach the “most important” target audience of students and young professionals.

The page has been created with the objective of creating awareness about this first Indian Interplanetary mission and to popularize ISRO as an organisation, the space agency said.

“We are providing near real time updates on the mission as well as published media reports and some unforeseen photographs/videos and details on this page”, it said.