Question

Assertion: Satellite is an ideal platform for remote sensing.
Reasion: Satellite in poplar orbit can provide global coverage or continuous coverage of the fixed area in geostationary configuration.
A. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B. If both assertion and reasion are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C. If assertion is true but reasion is false.
D. If assertion and reason both are false.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - a
The remote sensing is done through a satellite. A remote sensing satellite files in a polar orbit at an altitude of `918 km`, around the earth, in such away that it passes over a given location on the earth at the same local time.