Consider the following statements about flying telescope SOFIA 1 It will be placed in a geosynchrono...........

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Consider the following statements about flying telescope SOFIA

1.It will be placed in a geosynchronous orbit

2.It is a joint initiative of NASA and ISRO.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

Neither 1 nor 2

Statement 1 is incorrect. SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) is not placed in a geosynchronous orbit. Instead, it is an airborne observatory that operates aboard a modified Boeing 747SP aircraft, allowing it to fly above most of the Earth's atmospheric water vapor, which absorbs infrared radiation that SOFIA is designed to observe.

Statement 2 is also incorrect. SOFIA is a joint initiative of NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), not NASA and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation).

Therefore, neither statement 1 nor statement 2 is correct