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Detailed explanation-1: -India’s first telecommunications and meteorology satellite, the INSAT-1A was launched on 10 April 1982 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA. Due to a series of technical glitches, it was abandoned within 18 months of its launch.
Detailed explanation-2: -Intelsat I (nicknamed Early Bird for the proverb “The early bird catches the worm") was the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit, on April 6, 1965.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Syncom 3 was the first geostationary satellite launched by a Delta D rocket in the year 1964.
Detailed explanation-4: -Established in 1983 with commissioning of INSAT-1B, it initiated a major revolution in India’s communications sector and sustained the same later.