ISRO launched “GSAT-6A” satellite on:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 29 March, 2018
GSAT-6A was a high-power S-band communication satellite built by ISRO, meant mainly for mobile communication of the armed forces. It was launched on 29 March 2018 by the GSLV-F08 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, and it carried a 6 m wide unfurlable antenna, one of the largest ISRO had built.
Note: This ‘current affairs’ question is about a 2018 launch, five years before this 2023 paper. The satellite reached orbit in minutes; it took five years to reach NTA’s question paper.