Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Nov 5 : The Indian rocket carrying the country's first Mars orbiter was successfully launched Tuesday, said ISRO chairman K. Radhakrishnan.

K. Radhakrishnan said: "I am extremely happy to announce PSLV-C25 placed Mars orbiter space craft very precisely in elliptical orbit around earth."

"This is 25th PSLV flight. Now it will be a complex mission to take the Mars orbiter from earth's orbit to Mars orbit."

"I salute the ISRO team."

The Indian rocket carrying the country's first Mars orbiter took off Tuesday from the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here in Andhra Pradesh.(IANS)