Bangalore:

India's Mangalyaan has run out of fuel and its battery has run out after exceeding a safe limit, prompting speculation that the country's first interplanetary mission has finally completed its long innings.


The 'Mars Orbiter Mission' (MOM) costing four and a half hundred crores was launched on November 5, 2013 from PSLV-C25 and scientists successfully put this spacecraft in the orbit of Mars on September 24, 2014 in the very first attempt. was installed.

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) sources told PTI, "Now, there is no fuel left.

The satellite's battery is drained.

Contact has been lost." However, there has been no official statement from ISRO.

ISRO was earlier trying to move the vehicle to a new orbit to avoid an imminent eclipse.

Officials said on the condition of anonymity, "But recently there was one eclipse after another, one of which lasted for seven and a half hours."


At the same time, another official said, "Since the satellite battery was designed to have an eclipse duration of only one hour and 40 minutes, the battery was almost exhausted due to a long eclipse." ISRO officials said. Said that the Mars Orbiter vehicle worked for about eight years, while it was built to the capacity of six months. "It did its job (excellently) and yielded important scientific results," he said.



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