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Indian First Experimental Satellite is Apple (Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment) launched on 1981. This was used for experiment on television and broadcasting system.  First Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-1A was launched on 1988. Till now total 22 remote sensing satellite has been launched. Cartsat -2d is the latest one;launched on 15 Feb,2017.  Aryabhatta was the first Indian built Satellite launched by Soviet Union on 19 April,1975;six years after commencement of ISRO. Whereas Rohini (1980)  was the first satellite launched in India by SLV-3. India built PSLV(Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) and GSLV (Geo-synchronous satellite Launch Vehicle) for sending satellite to Polar or Geo-synchronous orbit. On 15 February ,2017 ISRO launched 104 satellites by a single rocket PSLV-C37, a tremendous feet and world record.. Helium 3 Mining is a futuristic project of ISRO through which Helium 3 from Moon will be used as energy source in Indiia. The predicted tim...

Daily Dose : Geography Random Question International Advanced Research Center for Power Metallurgy and New Material(ARCI)  is located at Hyderabad. Rana Pratap Sagar located at Rajasthan . ( remember from history Rana Pratap is the Maharaj of Mewar, which is in Rajasthan) Shimsa  Hydroelectric station is located in Karnataka . Shimsa river is a tributary of Kaveri river.  The Ban Sagar Project is on the river Sone .  The  Bansagar Dam  in Madhya Pradesh was commissioned in 2008. The First Hydel Power Plant   Sidrapong,Darjeeling. Manikarn, geo-thermal energy based power plant located at Himachal Pradesh. Sivasamudram dam is not built for irrigation purpose. Diamond mines of India are located in Maharashtra.  the  Majhgawan  mine, near the town of  Panna, Madhya Pradesh .