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Exclusive Satellite to help in securing Pakistan and Bangladesh borders
Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will launch a satellite exclusively for the Union Home Ministry to help it in strengthening its frontiers with Pakistan and Bangladesh among others. Features of the exclusive satellite for Border Management The important features of the exclusive satellite for Border Management are: The exclusive satellite will be utilised for the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Border Management • Indian Space Research Organisation • ISRO • Space technology • Union Defence Ministry • Union Home Ministry
NASA’s spacecraft OSIRIS-REx arrives at its targeted asteroid Bennu after 2-year journey
NASA’s first-ever OSIRIS-REx mission designed to visit asteroid and return sample of its dust back to Earth reached its destination, Bennu, two years after its launch. It will use its suite of five science instruments to study asteroid for the next year and a half. OSIRIS-Rex OSIRIS-Rex stands for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2018
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Asteroid Sampling Mission • Bennu • International • NASA • OSIRIS-REx • Science and Technology • Space technology
SpaceX successfully launches 64 small satellites using reusable Falcon 9 rocket
Elon Musk-led SpaceX has successfully launched 64 small satellites into low Earth orbit onboard of its reusable and preflown Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. This has set new record in United States of launching satellites in single go. It was third voyage of Falcon 9 rocket, marking another milestone in ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2018
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: 64 small satellites • CubeSats • Elon Musk • Falcon 9 rocket • Micro Satellites • Reusable Rockets • Science and Technology • Space records • Space technology • SpaceX • US
ISRO successfully launches earth observation satellite HysIS, 30 foreign satellites into orbit
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched country’s first advance earth observation satellite Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite (HysIS) along with 30 other satellites from eight countries. These satellites were launched on board of ISRO’s workhorse PSLV-C43 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. About mission PSLV-C43 was 45th flight of ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Antrix Corporation • earth observation satellite • Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite • Hyperspectral imaging • HySIS • Indian Space Research Organisation • ISRO • Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle • PSLV-C4 • PSLV-C42 • PSLV-C43 • Satish Dhawan Space Centre • Science and Technology • Science and technology in India • Space programme of India • Space technology • Spacecraft • Spaceflight
Mohammed VI-B: Morocco launches its second earth observation satellite
Morocco successfully launched its second earth observation satellite named Mohammed VI-B on board of Arianespace Vega rocket from launch pad at Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana in South America. It will be placed at same orbit as its twin satellite Mohammed 6-A, the first Moroccan satellite launched in November 2017 also on Vega ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Arianespace • Earth observation satellites • French Guiana • Mohammed VI-B • Morocco • Science and Technology • Space technology • Vega rocket