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The satellite INSAT-1B was launched

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from the SHAR in Nellore.

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from a cosmodrome in U.S.S.R.

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from French Guayana.

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a board the U.S. space shuttle challenger.

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The correct option is D a board the U.S. space shuttle challenger.
INSAT-1B was deployed by Space Shuttle Challenger during the STS-8 mission. Challenger lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 06:32:00 UTC on 30 August 1983.

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