Arrange the following space initiatives of India in the chronological order of their year of launch, beginning from the earliest to the latest.

(A) Aditya-L1 Solar Observatory Spacecraft inserted into the halo orbit around the Sun
(B) Launch of Chandrayaan - I Lunar Mission
(C) Bhaskara - I launched
(D) Launch of Mars Orbiter Mission

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(C), (B), (D), (A)

The correct answer is Option (4) → (C), (B), (D), (A)

(C) Bhaskara-I launched: Launched on June 7, 1979. It was India's first experimental remote sensing satellite, named after the ancient Indian astronomer Bhaskaracharya.

(B) Launch of Chandrayaan-I Lunar Mission: Launched on October 22, 2008. This was India's first mission to the Moon, which famously discovered evidence of water molecules on the lunar surface.

(D) Launch of Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM/Mangalyaan): Launched on November 5, 2013. India became the first nation to reach Martian orbit in its maiden attempt and the fourth space agency in the world to do so.

(A) Aditya-L1 Solar Observatory inserted into halo orbit: While the mission was launched in September 2023, the specific event mentioned—insertion into the halo orbit—occurred on January 6, 2024. This is India's first dedicated mission to study the Sun.