What does ISRO describe EOS-05 as being the first of for India?

The first satellite built entirely by private industryCorrect answerYour answerThe first satellite placed in a polar sun-synchronous orbitCorrect answerYour answerThe first satellite to carry a cryogenic upper stageCorrect answerYour answerThe first imaging satellite from geosynchronous orbitCorrect answerYour answer

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EOS-05 is described as India's first ever imaging satellite from geosynchronous orbit
Height is the point of it: a camera that stays over the same longitude can watch one region continuously, where a low-orbit satellite has to come round again
India has been launching imaging satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbits for decades, so that is the thing this is not

Concept: EOS-05 and geosynchronous imaging
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What does ISRO describe EOS-05 as being the first of for India?

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