India's first operational remote sensing satellite, IRS-1A, was launched on March 17, 1988. It was launched by the Soviet Union using a Vostok rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
India's First remote sensing satellite (I.R.S.-1A) was launched from :
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 1994 · Topic: Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (Remote Sensing Data Acquisition, Pre-processing, and Image Interpretation)
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Answer: A. Baikonour
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