The Mars Orbiter Mission of India, called Mangalyaan, entered the orbit of Mars in which year?
- A.2008
- B.2013
- C.2014
- D.2019
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The correct answer is C, 2014. The Mars Orbiter Mission was launched on 5 November 2013 by a PSLV and reached the orbit of Mars on 24 September 2014. With that, India became the first country in the world to reach Mars at its first attempt, and the Indian Space Research Organisation became the fourth agency to reach the planet after those of the Soviet Union, the United States and Europe. The mission carried five instruments, among them a methane sensor and a colour camera, and it was built at a remarkably low cost.
Option A, 2008, is the year of Chandrayaan-1, the first Indian Moon mission. Option B, 2013, is the launch year of the Mars mission itself, not the year it arrived, and that gap of about ten months is what the question is testing. Option D, 2019, is the year of Chandrayaan-2. Separating the launch year from the arrival year is the habit to build here.
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Practice Questions
View allIn which year did Captain Rakesh Sharma travel to space in a Soviet space programme?
- A.1981
- B.1982
- C.1983
- D.1984
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Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma flew in April 1984 aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T-11 as part of a joint programme between the Soviet Union and India, and spent about eight days aboard the Salyut 7 space station.
Read the full explanation →Which of the followings has been dubbed as India maiden human spaceflight programme?
- A.Mangalyaan II
- B.Gaganyaan
- C.Chandrayaan II
- D.Aditya L-1
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Gaganyaan is the programme under which the Indian Space Research Organisation is preparing to send Indian astronauts into a low orbit around the Earth in a crew module of its own and bring them back safely.
Read the full explanation →The first pico satellite of India is:
- A.INSAT
- B.STUDSAT
- C.GSAT-4
- D.ANUSAT
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STUDSAT, short for Student Satellite, was the first pico satellite built in India. A pico satellite is one that weighs under about one kilogram, and STUDSAT weighed less than that.
Read the full explanation →What is the primary objective of the Chandra Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE) payload?
- A.To assess the Moon geological composition
- B.To measure the vertical temperature profile of the lunar regolith
- C.To measure the Moon atmospheric pressure
- D.To study the Moon magnetic field
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ChaSTE was carried on the Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-3. It has a probe fitted with a set of temperature sensors, which was pushed into the lunar soil to a depth of about ten centimetres near the south polar region.
Read the full explanation →In the year 2021, DRDO launched which satellite by PSLV-C51 to enhance India surveillance capability in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)?
- A.Satish Dhawan Satellite
- B.Sindhu Netra Satellite
- C.Sindhu Durga Satellite
- D.Sri Shakti Satellite
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Sindhu Netra was developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation and was placed in orbit in February 2021 by the PSLV-C51 flight, the same flight whose main payload was the Amazonia-1 satellite of Brazil.
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