Satellite Launch Current Affairs, GK & News
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