Which of the following is India's first experimental remote-sensing satellite, built in India and launched in 1979?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Bhaskara-I
Bhaskara-I, built by ISRO and named after the mathematician Bhaskara, was launched on 7 June 1979 on a Soviet rocket. It was India’s first experimental remote-sensing (Earth observation) satellite, carrying TV cameras and microwave radiometers to study land, oceans and the atmosphere.