Arrange the following Indian satellites in the correct chronological order of their launch.
(A) Aryabhatta
(B) GSAT-1
(C) IRS-1A
(D) Bhaskara-1
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (D), (C), (B)
(A) Aryabhatta — 19 April 1975, India’s first satellite, launched from the Soviet Union.
(D) Bhaskara-1 — 7 June 1979, India’s first experimental Earth observation satellite, also launched by a Soviet rocket.
(C) IRS-1A — 17 March 1988, the first of the Indian Remote Sensing satellites.
(B) GSAT-1 — 18 April 2001, an experimental communication satellite carried on the first flight of the GSLV from Sriharikota.