India's first experimental communication satellite was:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → APPLE
APPLE (Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment), launched on 19th June 1981 on a European Ariane rocket, was India’s first experimental communication satellite. It was a geostationary satellite used to try out the relay of television and radio programmes and paved the way for the INSAT system.