Step 1: Understand the question.
We must find the year the Right to Education, or RTE, Act was launched.
Step 2: Recall the background.
The 86th Amendment added Article 21A to the Constitution, which made education a fundamental right. A law was then needed to put this right into action.
Step 3: Link the law to its year.
That law is the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act. It was passed in the year 2009.
Step 4: Be careful about dates.
The Act was passed in 2009, even though it came into force a little later, in 2010. The question asks when it was launched, which is 2009.
Step 5: Rule out the others.
2008, 2010, and 2011 do not match the year the Act was launched. So only 2009 fits.
Step 6: Match with the options.
The first option, 2009, is correct.
\[ \boxed{2009} \]