INSAT-3E, India’s communication satellite, was launched in 2003 from:
- AFrench GuyanaCorrect
- BSeychelles
- CMauritius
- DMauritania
Explanation
The correct answer is A because INSAT 3E was launched from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guyana. During that period, India lacked a heavy lift launch vehicle capable of carrying heavy communication satellites into geostationary transfer orbit. Consequently, ISRO relied on the Ariane 5 rocket, operated by the European company Arianespace, which launches from its base in French Guyana due to its favorable equatorial location. The satellite was successfully placed in orbit on September 28, 2003.
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