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South Indian Trade Estate
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Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
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State Institute of Technology and Engineering
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System for International technology and Engineering
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Satellite Instructional Television Experiment or SITE was an experimental satellite communications project launched in India in 1975, designed jointly by NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The project made available informational television programmes to rural India.
Detailed explanation-2: -The correct option is B Satellite Instructional Television Experiment. SITE or Satellite Instructional Television Experiment was an undertaking taken up by the Space Applications Centre at Ahmedabad. The objective of this experiment was to educate illiterate people in rural areas via satellite broadcasting.
Detailed explanation-3: -SITE stands for Satellite Instructional Television Education.
Detailed explanation-4: -These experiments demonstrated that satellite TV could play a very important role in providing education. Before SITE, the focus was on the use of terrestrial transmission for television signals. But SITE showed that India could make use of advanced technology to fulfill the socio-economic needs of the country.
Detailed explanation-5: -The use of modern technologies for development purposes was pioneered by the Indian Government when in 1975 it launched the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE).