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UPSC 2016: Consider the following statements: The Mangalyaan launched by ISRO 1. is also called the Mars Orbiter Mission 2. made India the second country to have a spacecraft orbit the Mars after USA 3. made India the only country to be successful in making its spacecraft orbit the Mars in its very first attempt Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a)1 only
(b)2 and 3 only
(c)1 and 3 only
(d)1, 2 and 3
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The Mars Orbiter Mission is popularly called ‘Mangalyaan’, so statement 1 is correct. Before India, the USSR and the European Space Agency (Mars Express) as well as the USA had already placed orbiters around Mars, therefore India was not the second country—statement 2 is incorrect. India did, however, become the first nation to succeed in putting a probe into Mars orbit on its maiden attempt, making statement 3 correct. Hence only 1 and 3 are true (option c). ([time.com](https://time.com/3423985/india-mars-orbiter-mission-mangalyaan-mom-modi-indian-space-research-organization-isro//?utm_source=openai))
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