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UPSC CSE Prelims Discriminating Confusable Entities — Space & Satellites Flashcards

Master 5 discriminating confusable entities — space & satellites concepts for the UPSC CSE Prelims.

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Discriminate between the primary Indian satellite series based on their functional orbits:

The series operates in orbits for weather and communication, whereas the series operates in orbits for Earth observation.

Question

Consider the following statements:

  1. INSAT satellites are positioned in polar sun-synchronous Low Earth Orbit (LEO) at altitudes of ~600-900 km.
  2. IRS satellites are placed in Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) at an altitude of ~35,786 km.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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