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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

How many satellites were placed in the orbit aboard the SSLV D2 launch vehicle of ISRO?

A	One
B	Three
C	Five
D	Seven

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -It placed three satellites into a 450 km-circular orbit, which are ISRO’s Earth Observation Satellite-EOS 07, U.S.-based firm Antaris’ Janus-1 and Chennai-based space start-up SpaceKidz’s AzaadiSAT-2.

Detailed explanation-2: -The total number of Indian satellites launched by PSLV now stands at 46.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday successfully launched India’s largest Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM3) rocket/OneWeb India-2 Mission with 36 satellites onboard from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first developmental flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) on 7 th August 2022 at 09.18 Hrs IST. The objective of the mission (SSLV-D1/EOS-02) was to inject EOS-02 satellite of ISRO into a circular orbit of 356.2 km with an inclination of 37.21Â°.

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