ISRO launched PSLV-23 on 30th June, 2014 with satellites of other countries also. The satellite of which of the following countries was not included in this launch?

[amp_mcq option1=”Germany” option2=”Austria” option3=”Canada” option4=”Singapore” correct=”option3″]

The correct answer is (c).

PSLV-C25, also known as PSLV-23, was launched on 30 June 2014 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. The launch vehicle carried a total of 11 satellites, including one from India and 10 from other countries. The Indian satellite was Cartosat-2D, a remote sensing satellite. The foreign satellites were:

• BIRD, a nanosatellite from Bangladesh
• Bhutan-1, a microsatellite from Bhutan
• Deimos-1, a small commercial satellite from Spain
• Dove-1, a nanosatellite from the United States
• NEE-01 Pegaso, a nanosatellite from Italy
• PROBA-V, a medium-sized satellite from Belgium
• SkySat-1, a small commercial satellite from the United States
• STSAT-3, a small commercial satellite from South Korea
• TechEdSat-3, a nanosatellite from the United States
• X-Ray Quantum Calorimeter Experiment (XQC), a scientific satellite from Japan

Canada was not included in this launch.