The Mars Orbiter Mission was launched by ISRO on November 5, 2013 from Sriharikota, India. Its primary objective was to demonstrate India's ability to design, plan and manage an interplanetary mission. The spacecraft weighed 1350 kg at launch and successfully performed orbit raising maneuvers before the Trans-Mars Injection on November 30th, 2013 that placed it on a heliocentric orbit en route to Mars. The orbiter is scheduled to perform Mars Orbit Insertion on September 24, 2014 to study the Martian surface, atmosphere and further demonstrate India's deep space capabilities.