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Apparently, the methane sensor was defective and the data it sent was unusable: http://www.space.com/34943-india-mars-orbiter-mission-methane-detector-flaw-red-

• narsil 10y ago
  It appears to have been a design issue and not necessarily due to the time constraints placed on engineering to launch the spacecraft. Looks like there would have been a strong chance of this occurring anyway, as the initial assumptions of type of data to send back for analysis were insufficient.