Chandrayaan Current Affairs, GK & News
Chandrayaan-2 maps sodium content on Moon’s surface
For the first time, the spectrometer on Chandrayaan-2 mapped abundance of sodium on the moon. Key facts The x-ray spectrometer called CLASS (Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer) aboard the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter detected a large amount of sodium on the moon for the first time. Earlier, Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (C1XS) opened up the possibility ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Chandrayaan • Chandrayaan programme • Chandrayaan-1 • Chandrayaan-2 • ISRO • Solar flare • Solar Flares
Gaganyaan Mission: L&T delivers Booster Segment, the first launch hardware to ISRO
On November 17, 2020, Larsen and Toubro delivered a Booster Segment, the first hardware for the Gaganyaan Mission to ISRO. The company has delivered the module ahead of schedule. What is a Booster segment in a rocket? It is an engine or can also be a booster rocket. It is either the first stage of ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Booster Segment • Chandrayaan • Gaganyaan • Gaganyaan Mission • Gaganyaan programme • GSLV Mk III rocket • Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) • ISRO • Larsen and Toubro • Low Earth orbit • Mangalyaan
ISRO to launch Earth Observation Satellite EOS-1 and 9 Customer Satellites
The Indian Space Research Organisation is to launch Earth observation satellite, RISAT-2BR2 and nine other customer satellites by November 7, 2020. Highlights Around 10 missions of ISRO were disturbed due to covid-19. About the Earth Observation Satellite The Earth observation satellite has been code named EOS-01. It aims to support applications in Forestry, agriculture and ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Chandrayaan • Gaganyaan • ISRO • Nano satellite • RISAT
NASA takes Chandrayaan’s Water Discovery to a step higher
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA has found the presence of water on the sun lit surface of the Moon. The presence of water was found by the spacecraft SOFIA. Earlier, ISRO Chandrayaan 1 confirmed the presence of water in the shadowed places of moon. Thus, NASA has taken the discovery of water on ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Chandrayaan • Chandrayaan I • Chandrayaan programme • Chandrayaan-1 • ISRO • Moon • NASA • space
ISRO to launch Amazonia satellite of Brazil
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is to launch Amazonia-1 satellite developed by Brazil in August 2020. Highlights Amazonia-1 is the first earth observation satellite completely developed by Brazil. The operations of Amazonia-1 will be held jointly under China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite Programme (CBERS) CBERS So far, six satellites have been launched under CBERS programme. ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs • Summits and Conferences
Topics: Amazon Fire • Amazon Forests • Amazonia • BRICS • CBERS • Chandrayaan • India China • India-Brazil • ISRO • Mangalyaan
Update : Chandrayaan 2
To test the effectiveness of the landing gear and motor assembly of the soon-to-be-launched Chnadrayaan-2 lunar rover, it was tested on a proto-Lunar Terrain Test Facility (LTTF) at ISRO’s advanced satellite testing unit, ISITE, in Bengaluru. This was done by modifying a balloon research lab, about 30-40 m high, long and wide. What was done? ..
Topics: Chandrayaan • ISRO • Lunar Rover • Moon • space