a) UAE
b) South Korea
c) Iran
d) None of these
South Korea launched its first military communications satellite, Army/Navy/Air Force Satellite Information System 2(ANASIS-II). The satellite was deployed into a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) by a Falcon 9 rocket developed by US space firm SpaceX. It was lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the US state of Florida.ANASIS-II is SpaceX’s 1st geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) mission of 2020.As part of a package for Lockheed Martin’s F-35A combat aircraft, South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration(DAPA) contracted with Lockheed Martin for the satellite. Lockheed Martin then subcontracted the construction of the satellite to Airbus Defence and Space.