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Made for mission life of 6 months, India's Mars probe completes 7 years in orbit

India's Mars Orbiter spacecraft has completed seven years in its orbit, well beyond its designed mission life of six months.

MOM is the maiden interplanetary mission of ISRO. Launched on November 5, 2013, the probe was successfully inserted into Martian orbit on September 24, 2014 in its first attempt. MOM is primarily a technology demonstration venture and all the mission objectives were successfully met, according to officials of Bengaluru-headquartered India's national space agency.