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2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How many years ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Mission complete in Orbit?
A
3 years
B
5 years
C
4 years
D
2 years
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -ISRO has become the fourth space agency to successfully send a spacecraft to Mars orbit. Though the designed mission life is 6 months, MOM completed 7 years in its orbit on Sept 24, 2021.

Detailed explanation-2: -After a 298-day transit to Mars, it was put into Mars orbit on 24 September 2014. The mission was a “technology demonstrator” project to develop the technologies for designing, planning, management, and operations of an interplanetary mission. It carried five scientific instruments.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Short. By India Today Web Desk: Over a decade after it was launched, India’s maiden mission to Mars-Mangalyaan-has completed its journey. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) has, reportedly, run out of propellant, making it difficult to be revived in the Red Planet’s orbit.

Detailed explanation-4: -ISRO’s Mangalyaan completed 3 years in Martian orbit on September 24, 2017. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan is a space probe orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It is India’s first interplanetary mission.

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