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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country has launched its fourth data satellite to achieve global network operation that will provide data relay, measurement and control services for its manned spacecraft.
A
China
B
Japan
C
India
D
US
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I.

Detailed explanation-2: -GSAT-4, also known as HealthSat, was an experimental communication and navigation satellite launched in April 2010 by the Indian Space Research Organisation on the maiden flight of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. II rocket.

Detailed explanation-3: -Luxembourg. Luxembourg operates large number of communications and remote sensing satellites, making it one of the top nations with space existence.

Detailed explanation-4: -IRS-1A, the first of the series of indigenous state-of-art remote sensing satellites, was successfully launched into a polar sun-synchronous orbit on March 17, 1988 from the Soviet Cosmodrome at Baikonur.

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