In which year did India launch an imaging satellite called the Technology Experiment Satellite (TES)?

Correct option is A

​The correct answer is (a) 2001

Explanation:

• Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) was launched by India on October 22, 2001.
• It was launched aboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C3) from the Sriharikota space center.

Information Booster:

Technology Experiment Satellite (TES)

• Purpose: Experimental satellite for demonstrating and validating advanced space technologies.
• Key Technologies Tested:
• Attitude and Orbit Control System
• High-Torque Reaction Wheels
• New Reaction Control System
• Light-Weight Spacecraft Structure
• Solid-State Recorder
• X-band Phased Array Antenna
• Improved Satellite Positioning System
• Miniaturized TTC (Telemetry, Tracking & Command) and Power Systems
• Two-Mirror-On-Axis Camera Optics
• Additional Payload:
• Panchromatic Camera for remote sensing experiments.

Additional Knowledge:

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