The SpecS

Launch: 5 November 2013

Rocket: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C25 (PSLV-C25)

Target: Mars

Operator: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Estimated cost: £47 million (4.5 billion Indian Rupees)

Time in space: Over four years

Distance from Earth: 225 million kilometres (140 million miles) 1.7m (5.6ft) average human height