US launches Extremely High Frequency Satellite for military communication

On March 26, 2020, the United Nations Space Force launched a hyper-secure satellite for its military communications. With the launch of the satellite the United States has begun its first National Security Mission. The satellite launching has come at a stage where the number of COVID-19 infected persons has overtaken Italy and China. Highlights The ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: Arms Race • China-US • Lockheed Martin • Satellite Launch • space • Space Wars • US Space Command • US-Russia

CBERS-4A: New China-Brazil earth resource satellite launched into space

The China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellite-4A (CBERS-4A), a new satellite jointly developed by China and Brazil as part of a bilateral programme, was recently sent into space, thus further pushes forward the aerospace cooperation between two countries. It was launched on a Long March-4B carrier from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province of China. The ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Brazil • CBERS-4A • China • China Academy of Space Technology • China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellite • Long March-4B • Satellite Launch

ETRSS: Ethiopia’s first satellite launched from China

Ethiopia launched its first satellite, ‘Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite’ (ETRSS) from China. ERSS is a remote-sensing microsatellite, that was launched in order to help African country’s research into climate change. It was sent into space together with 8 other satellites by a Long March-4B carrier rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC) in Shanxi Province ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: China • Ethiopia • Ethiopia’s first satellite • Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite • ETRSS • Satellite Launch

Duchifat 3: Satellite built by Israeli school students to be launched by ISRO’s PSLV C48

Three youngsters Alon Abramovich, Meitav Assulin and Shmuel Aviv Levi, all 17 to 18 years old from Sha’ar HaNegev High school in Israel’s southern region will be traveling to India to launch a satellite dubbed as- ‘Duchifat 3’, designed and built by them aboard PSLV C48 from Sriharikota launch site of ISRO (Indian Space Research ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Duchifat 3 • India-Israel • ISRO • PSLV-C48 • RISAT-2BR1 • Satellite Launch • Sriharikota

China launched its First Satellite for Space-based Broadband Services

China has launched its first communication satellite on 22nd December 2018 to offer broadband internet services to users worldwide. The communication satellite was launched using a Long March 11 carrier rocket which took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in north-western China.  It is CASIC’s (China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation) first satellite launch ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2018

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Broadband • China • China's Cybersatellite • Hongyun Experiment • Hongyun Project • Satellite Launch