Consider the following statements The Mangalyaan launched by ISRO is also called the Mars Orbiter Mi...........

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Consider the following statements:

The Mangalyaan launched by ISRO

is also called the Mars Orbiter Mission
made India the second country to have a spacecraft orbit the Mars after USA
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?

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Explanation:

The Mars Orbiter Mission, also called Mangalyaan, is a space probe orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation. India is the first Asian country and ISRO is the fourth space agency to send a satellite to Mars.

It is first interplanetary mission realized by India and first Indian spacecraft to incorporate full scale on-board autonomy to overcome the long distances and the communication gaps due to non-visibility periods.

It is also first Mars mission in the world to succeed Mars Orbit Insertion in first attempt.