ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2004 India successfully launched Edusat, so becoming the first country in the world with a satellite exclusively reserved for educational purposes. The first operational flight of the 2000-kg class GSVL rocket
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/opinion/edusat-will-educate
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/space-technology
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/education
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india