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Cabinet approves setting up new company under Department of Space
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Published on: 20 February 2019
Mrinal: ISRO celebrates 50th anniversary of first solid rocket propellant
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Published on: 28 February 2019
ISRO, French space agency ink agreement on maritime security
Tags: Space
Published on: 07 March 2019
NASA for first time captures air-to-air images of supersonic shockwaves
Tags: Space
Published on: 09 March 2019
EMISAT: ISRO to Launch Advanced Electronic Intelligence Satellite in April 2019
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Published on: 25 March 2019
ISRO successfully launches electronic intelligence satellite Emisat
Tags: Space
Published on: 02 April 2019
Tianlian II-01: China launches 2nd Generation Data Relay Satellite
Tags: Space
Published on: 02 April 2019
Project Kuiper: Amazon to launch over 3,000 satellites to offer broadband internet
Tags: Space
Published on: 05 April 2019
Stratolaunch Roc: World's largest aeroplane makes maiden flight
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Published on: 13 April 2019
SpaceX launches its first commercial flight with Falcon Heavy Rokect
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Published on: 13 April 2019
Aditya L1 Mission: ISRO to launch its first mission to study sun in 2020
Tags: Space
Published on: 04 May 2019
Raavana-1: Sri Lanka’s first satellite successfully placed in orbit
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Published on: 20 June 2019
PUNCH mission: NASA selects Dipankar Banerjee as Co-Investigator
Tags: Space
Published on: 01 July 2019
FRB 180924: Astronomers for first time determine source of Fast Radio Bursts
Tags: Space
Published on: 01 July 2019
DEEP-CEE: AI-powered tool to identify galaxy clusters developed
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Published on: 07 July 2019
Russia and Cyogenic Engine technology for Indian Space mission
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Published on: 26 August 2019
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is modestly sized, elongated dwarf galaxy. It measures only around 3000 light-years at its greatest extent, fraction of size of our Milky Way.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is not only tiny, but it is also incredibly faint. It is located about 30 million light-years from Milky Way and 2 million light-years from nearest plausible large galaxy host, NGC 6744.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From the properties of its stars, it was found that it is around 13 billion years old -- nearly as old as the Universe itself.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Because of its isolation, as result of its no interaction with other galaxies and its age, Bedin 1 is considered as astronomical equivalent of living fossil from the early Universe.</span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Dwarf spheroidal galaxies </strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">They are defined by their small size, low-luminosity, lack of dust and old stellar populations. 36 galaxies of this type are already known to exist in Local Group of Galaxies, 22 of which are satellite galaxies of the Milky Way.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Hubble Space Telescope</strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is joint venture between NASA and European Space Agency (ESA).</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It was launched on April 24, 1990in its low earth orbit (LEO) 552 km above Earth by space shuttle Discovery.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It has been named after Edwin Hubble, the discoverer of the expansion of the universe.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It looks deep into space with its cameras. It has ability to see in multiple wavelengths — near-infrared, visible light and near ultraviolet.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">One of its objective was to determine Hubble constant — the universe's initial rate of expansion.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It has helped to prove existence of super-massive black holes and found they’re located at centre of most galaxies.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It also helped to pinpoint age of universe at 13.8 billion years old.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is the only telescope so far designed to be serviced in space by astronauts. Since its launch, five subsequent Space Shuttle missions have repaired, upgraded, and replaced systems on t telescope.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is its successor scheduled to be launched in March 2021.</span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Eleven such satellites are already in operation, serving nation in space. They together make one of the largest constellations of its class communication satellites in the world.</span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Applications</strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It will provide continuity to operational services on some of in-orbit satellites and augment Ku-band transponder capacity in Geostationary Orbit.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It will also provide wide beam coverage to facilitate communication over large oceanic region comprising large part of Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean using wide band transponder.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It will also provide transponder capacity for DTH television and connectivity to services like VSATs for ATMs, stock-exchanges, Digital Satellite News Gathering DSNG and e-governance applications.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It will also be used for cellular backhaul connectivity and many such applications of emerging telecommunication applications.</span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">This company with explore following areas for commercial exploitation of ISRO programmes</span></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Manufacture of small satellite launch vehicle (SLV) in collaboration with private spector. Productionisation of Polar SLV through industry.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will first such experiment to obtain global observations of important driver of space weather in dynamic region of Earth's upper atmosphere that can cause interference with radio and GPS communications.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was selected for development based on its potential science value and the feasibility of its development plans.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Dr VR Gowarikar was brain behind this composite solid propellant. It was named after Mrinalini Sarabhai, noted dance and wife of Vikram Sarabhai, father of India's space programme.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was used to propel flights up to DTV-4 version and was not extensively used by ISRO in its later launches. In later developments, it did not find extensive use with ISRO due to scaling-up issues.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Key Facts</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">he experimental payloads include one developed by students of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IISST), ISRO's own technology demonstrator and Hamsat.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">ISRO for first time will demonstrate its new technologies like three different orbits with new variant of PSLV rocket. In this case, this rocket will place satellites in three different orbits.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">After launching Emisat at altitude of 763 km, PSLV rocket will be brought down to put 28 satellites into orbit at altitude of 504 km.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Following that the rocket will be brought down further to 485 km where fourth stage will turn into payload platform carrying three experimental payloads.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is 3rd generation launch vehicle designed and developed by ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. It has three variants of PSLV, namely, PSLV-G, PSLV-CA, PSLV-XL.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It consists of four stages, using solid and liquid propulsion systems alternately. It is hailed as reliable and versatile workhorse launch vehicle of ISRO.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its each stage is self-contained vehicle capable of functioning independently with own propulsion systems. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is capable of launching 1050 ks satellite in geo-synchronous transfer orbit and 1600 kg satellites in 620 km sun-synchronous polar orbit.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-anim ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15518739187586090971119">hot</gwmw> Earth <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-anim ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15518739187587085015226">exoplanet</gwmw></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is rocky in composition and is around 50 light-years away from Earth. It has radius of about 1.3 Earth-radii, favorable enough to host atmosphere. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its short orbital period of 11 hours shows that lies very close to its star – only about seven stellar radii. Its inferred surface temperature is about 800 kelvin, too hot to retain an atmosphere. But it may be hosting atmosphere. </span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Significance of discovery</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">According to Scientists, if plant is formed in roughly this close-in location, its atmosphere is likely to stripped away in star's youth stage when it was more luminous and had more intense chromospheric activity. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">hot Earth exoplanet proximity to earth offers in characterizing any atmosphere it might have using transit method and may help to shed light on the planet's formation.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its NASA’s explorer mission launched in April 2018 to discover planets smaller than Neptune that transit bright stars. It is designed to find potential planets orbiting stars close to Earth. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has been placed in never-before-used elliptical orbit called P/2, high above Earth. It identifies such planets by undertaking all-sky survey using transit method.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is successor to Kepler space observatory which has detected most of the currently known exoplanets. It will focus on stars that are 30 to 100 times brighter than those Kepler examined. </span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Under this deal</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Both space agencies will explore putting up constellation of low-Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">These satellites will identify and track movement of ships globally and in particular those moving in Indian Ocean region (IOR) where France has its Reunion Islands.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Before that, they will initially share data from their present space systems and develop new algorithms to analyse them.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Features of agreement</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It intends to supply an operational system for detecting, identifying and tracking ships in Indian Ocean. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It provides for setting up maritime surveillance centre in India in May 2019.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It deals with sharing of capacity to process existing satellite data and joint development of associated algorithms.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Climate and Weather Satellites</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Both space agencies also have put up two climate and ocean weather monitoring satellites Megha-Tropiques (2011) and SARAL-AltiKa (2013) that are considered a model.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">They will also launch Oceansat-3-Argos mission in 2020 along with a joint infrared Earth-observation satellite. </span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Key Findings</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">These images were captured during 4th phase of Air-to-Air Background Oriented Schlieren flights (AirBOS) which took place at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in US.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">They were captured using upgraded advanced, high-speed camera capable of capturing high-quality images of shockwaves (rapid pressure changes) which are produced when aircraft flies in supersonic mode (faster than speed of sound). </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">In this case, this advanced camera had photographed two supersonic T-38 jets that had flown just 30 feet apart below another plane.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Application:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> These images will be used to capture data crucial to confirming design of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology X-plane.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Quiet Supersonic Transport (QueSST) aircraft</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is initial design stage of planned Low Boom Flight Demonstration (LBFD)experimental airplane, otherwise known as an X-plane.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is the first in a series of ‘X-planes’ in NASA's New Aviation Horizons initiative. Its preliminary test was completed in June 2017.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It can fly at supersonic speeds without producing disruptive sonic boom associated with supersonic flights of the present day. Instead of sonic boom it will produce soft “thump” </span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">At present, supersonic commercial planes are not considered due to problem of sonic booms produced by them. Sonic booms can be major nuisance, capable of not just startling people on ground but also causing damage — like shattered windows. </span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">ChinaSat 6C Satellite </span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has been developed by China Academy of Space Technology. It will be operated by the China Satellite Communications Co, Ltd.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will be placed in geostationary orbit. It will provide high-quality radio and TV transmission services.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will cover region over China, Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific island countries.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Significance of Launch</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It marks 300th mission of Long March carrier rocket series developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">China had launched its first carrier rocket Long March-1 in April 1970 to send its first satellite, Dongfanghong 1 into space. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Since then, China has built 17 types of Long March rockets with five of them being retired, according to reports. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Long March carrier rocket series has been responsible for about 96.4% of all the space launch missions in China.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It took 37 years for Long March rockets to complete first 100 launches, 7.5 years to complete second 100 launches and only about 4 years to accomplish 300th launch.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its average number of launches per year have increased from 2.7 to 13.3 and then to 23.5 in this period.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Globular clusters </span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">They are collections of thousands to millions of stars, moving as one unit. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">These stars are believed to have formed together at roughly the same time and are tightly held together by gravity of cluster itself.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Some globular clusters could be among the oldest objects in our Milky Way, which hosts over 150 of them.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It contains stars of different masses but with similar chemical composition. Its detail could reveal evolution of stars of different masses at different stages.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">NGC 2808</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is one of the most massive globular clusters know to humans. It is located at a distance of 47,000 light years from Earth. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was observed for first time by the team of researchers using UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on-board AstroSat.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">So far AstroSat has taken images of over 2,000 individual stars in NGC 2808 through various ultraviolet filters.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Significance</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">NGC2808 is special as optical observations have shown that it may have at least five different populations of stars. It is contrary to normal assumption that all stars in such clusters are of the same age.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">ASTROSAT</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is India’s first dedicated multi wavelength space observatory. It was launched in September 2015. It orbits in low earth equatorial orbit at altitude of 650 km.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has mission life of 5 years. It observes universe in the optical, Ultraviolet (UV), low and high energy X-ray regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is unique as compared to most other scientific satellites which are only capable of observing a narrow range of wavelength band.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It operationalisation is one of the major scientific missions of ISRO. India is among few nations like US, Japan, Russia and Europe to have its own space observatory.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Key Findings</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The presence of surface water was detected from measurements obtained from the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP), an instrument aboard the LRO.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was found that sparse layer of molecules temporarily stuck to surface of moon and helped to characterise lunar hydration changes over the course of a day.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Water molecules bound to the lunar soil, or regolith remain tightly bound to the regolith until surface temperatures peak near lunar noon.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The amount and locations of water vary based on time of day. It is more common at higher latitudes and tends to move around quickly as surface heats up.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Due to thermal desorption, water molecules can bounce to nearby cold location and stick to exosphere of Moon until temperatures drop and molecules return to the surface.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">ISRO–IIT Roorkee Space Technology Cell </span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It aims to pursue advanced research in areas of relevance to future technological and programmatic needs of the Indian Space Programme.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">IIT Roorkee will be responsible for overall management of STC by providing required infrastructure, administrative and other support.<strong> </strong>It will devote its resources including human resources to this effect.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its activities will be directed to maximise use of research potential, infrastructure, expertise and experience that already exist in ISRO and IIT Roorkee.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its research facility will consist of faculty members, visiting scientists and experts, research personnel, technical, administrative and support staff.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Payloads</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The main passenger (payload) of this PSLV rocket will be DRDO's electronic intelligence satellite 'Emisat', weighing about 420 kg. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The remaining 28 satellites will cumulatively weigh about 250 kg. These satellites include 24 from US, 2 from Lithuania and one each from Spain and Switzerland).</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Significance of this mission </span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">ISRO for first time will demonstrate its new technologies like three different orbits with this new variant of PSLV rocket. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">In this case, this PSLV rocket will place satellites in three different orbits. It will first place Emisat Satellite at altitude of 763 km.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Then PSLV rocket will be brought down to put 28 satellites into orbit at altitude of 504 km.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Following that the rocket will be brought down further to 485 km where fourth stage will turn into payload platform carrying three experimental payloads. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">These experimental payloads will include (i) <strong>Automatic Identification System (AIS): </strong>It is from ISRO for Maritime satellite applications capturing messages transmitted from ships (ii) <strong>Automatic Packet Repeating System (APRS):</strong> It is from AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation), India. It will to assist amateur radio operators in tracking and monitoring position data and (iii) <strong>Advanced Retarding Potential Analyser for Ionospheric Studies (ARIS): It is</strong> from Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST). It will be used for structural and compositional studies of ionosphere.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The whole flight sequence will take around 180 minutes after rocket's lift off from </span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Emisat Satellite</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has been developed by DRDO. It is based on ISRO's Indian Mini Satellite-2 (IMS-2) bus platforms.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will be deployed for the task of discovering enemy radars and collecting imagery and communication intelligence.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Applications: </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will help to monitor activities of enemy radars and sensors deployed along the border. It will help to know the exact topography of enemy areas. It will provide communication intelligence to find out how many communication devices are active in an area</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Payloads </span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Unique features of this mission</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">ISRO for first time demonstrated its new rocket that injected satellites in <strong>three different orbits</strong> using multiple burn technology, where engine shut down and restarted multiple times within short period of time allowing rocket to course to the next orbit with the payloads. Second, fourth and last stage of rocket will function as satellite itself for some time, instead of being junk after ejecting payloads. </span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Launch Sequence </span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">PSLV rocket first placed Emisat Satellite at altitude of 763 km in sun synchronous orbit. Then it was brought down to put 28 satellites into orbit at altitude of 504 km. Following ejection of all satellite, the rocket was brought down further at 485 km where its fourth and final stage of rocket (PS4) was turned into payload platform carrying three experimental payloads. </span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Fourth stage of rocket (PS4) of PSLV C45</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">PS4 as experimental payload platform will stay alive in space for the next six months along with three scientific instruments. It will collect data and relay them to the ground station. This is for first time PS4 has been fitted with solar panels.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its experimental payloads includes (i) <strong>Automatic Identification System (AIS):</strong> It is from ISRO for Maritime satellite applications capturing messages transmitted from ships (ii) <strong>Automatic Packet Repeating System (APRS): </strong>It is from AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation), India. It will assist amateur radio operators in tracking and monitoring position data and (iii) <strong>Advanced Retarding Potential Analyser</strong> <strong>for Ionospheric Studies (ARIS):</strong> It is from Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST). It will be used for structural and compositional studies of ionosphere. </span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Note:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> This was for the second time ISRO has converted PS4 of PSLV rocket as satellite-like orbital platform. Earlier in January 2019, PSLV-C44 had carrying student satellite in its PS4 stayed alive for several hours — powered by batteries to help its payload conduct microgravity tests.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Emisat Satellite</span></span></span></strong></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has been developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). It is based on ISRO's Indian Mini Satellite-2 (IMS-2) bus platforms. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will be deployed for the task of discovering enemy radars and collecting imagery and communication intelligence.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its objective is to detect low power radar signals, which are typically used to track by low-altitude air-borne vehicles, including aircraft and drones. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It developed under Kautilya Project, a highly secret project approved by Defence Ministry.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Applications:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It will help to monitor activities of enemy radars and sensors deployed along the border. It will help to know the exact topography of enemy areas. It will provide communication intelligence to find out how many communication devices are active in an area.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Tianlian II-01</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is first in series of second-generation data relay satellite. It has been developed by China Academy of Space Technology. Other two satellites of this network- Tianlian II-02 and Tianlian II-03 are in developmental stage.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will provide data relay network, control and measurement, transmission services for manned spacecraft, satellites, carrier rockets and other non-spacecraft users. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has faster data transfer and higher multi-objective service capability as compared to first-generation network offered by Tianlian I satellites. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its network will be used in more advanced space mission planning, system management and operations than first-generation network composed of Tianlian I satellites. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will play important role in improving transmission promptness, in-orbit security and mission flexibility for medium- and low-Earth orbiting satellites and manned spacecraft.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">1st Generation Tianlian relay satellites</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">China's first-generation data relay satellite network- Tianlian I system now has four operational satellites. The first of them Tianlian I-01 was launched in April 2008. They have serviced several important Chinese space activities such. They also had played important role in dockings between Tiangong I space lab and Shenzhou spaceships.</span></span></span></p>
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'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Jeff Bezos led Amazon Inc has announced Project Kuiper to provide high speed internet by building network of over 3,236 satellites. In this regard, Amazon subsidiary Kuiper Systems LLC with help of US Federal Communications Commission has filed three sets of regulatory filings with International Telecommunications Union (ITU). ITU oversees global telecom satellite operations and allocates designated orbits to satellites.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Project Kuiper</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Under it, Amazon is planning to put constellation of 3,236 satellites in LEO— including 784 satellites at an altitude of 590 kilometers, 1,296 satellites at 610 kilometers and 1,156 satellites in 630-kilometer orbits.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The constellation of these satellites will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to people globally who lack basic access to broadband internet.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will provide data coverage for wide swath spots on Earth ranging in latitude from 56 degrees north to 56 degrees south where about 95% of world’s population lives.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Jeff Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin also signed deal with Canada’s Telesat to launch satellites of this constellation.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Private Internet Space race </span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">With this,</span> <span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Amazon joined race to provide broadband internet access around globe via thousands of satellites in LEO. Some of world’s best-known companies already are working for years on plans to provide low cost satellite based internet.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">SpaceX: Elon Musk led company has launched first two prototype satellites for its <strong>Starlink broadband data constellation</strong>. It aims to put more than 12,000 satellites in LEO to provide internet connectivity. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">OneWeb:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It is Airbus-backed and SoftBank Group funded project. It has launched first six broadband satellites launched in February 2019 and plans to put hundreds more in place over the next year or two. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Telesat:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It had put its first prototype broadband satellite in LEO in 2018 and plans to have hundreds more launched to provide first-generation broadband services by early 2020s.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Other players:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> Joint venture of Facebook, Boeing and Luxembourg-based LeoSat also have laid out plans for space-based internet access.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Black hole</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is super-dense extreme-gravity regions of space-time from where even light is unable to escape.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is formed mainly by massive collapsing of star after it starts extinguishing or dying.<strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The space-time around it gets incredibly bent that nothing is able to escape from its gravity</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Event Horizon Telescope </span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It comprises of eight radio telescopes — located in Hawaii and Mexico, in mountains of Arizona, in Spanish Sierra Nevada, in Atacama Desert of Chile and near South Pole in Antarctica. </span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Astronomers had built elaborate and complex network of massive telescopes around the world and devise ingenious new techniques, to get first visual evidence of a black hole.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">They had captured very high frequency microwave radiation originating from near black hole 55 million years ago<strong>. </strong></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Each of these Event Horizon Telescope captured only small piece of area. The data from all those were then feeded into central super-computer which, over several months, created complete picture of black hole.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The outer orange disk in image of black hole represents the radiation being emitted by gases and other objects<strong> </strong>that exist just outside the black hole.<strong> </strong>The inner dark circular area in the image is actually the black hole.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Stratolaunch Roc</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has been developed by US private company Strato Launch System owned by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has been nicknamed Roc after giant mythical bird. It aims to make access to orbit more affordable and accessible by launching satellites into space from aircraft, rather than from ground.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is made up of two identical Boeing 747 aircraft fuselages connected by a wing center section and made of lightweight composite materials</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has length of 73 m and wingspan of 117 m (longest in the world). It is powered by six Pratt & Whitney PW4056s engines, three engines side by side on the outer wings. It requires runway length of at least 3660 m to for flight.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has carrying capacity of 549,290 pounds (249,153 kilograms) payload with mission radius of approximately 2400 km to reach rocket launch point. Besides its range for freight transport is maximum of about 15,000 kms. </span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its launch architectures differ from traditional vertically launched rockets as this plane can carry rocket above densest part of atmosphere, before being released to launch to space. The advantage of such system is that it can take off from any runway that is long enough to accommodate plane, fly around bad weather if need be and launch satellite into any orbital inclination. This lowers cost needed to escape Earth’s atmosphere by utilizing less costly jet fuel and reusable carrier aircraft. It also offers more flexibility for launch inclinations than fixed launch pads.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">As per the MoU </span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">They will develop mobile app and centralised web portal with complete database of wetlands that are smaller than 2.25 hectares in the country</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Benefits</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Major impact</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"><span style="color:black">Helium hydride ion (HeH+) </span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"><span style="color:black">It was first molecule that formed almost 14 billion years ago, when temperatures of young universe had fallen below 4000 Kelvin. This had allowed recombination of light elements (hydrogen, helium, deuterium and traces of lithium) produced in Big Bang. At that time, ionized hydrogen and neutral helium atoms reacted to form HeH+ through process of nucleosynthesis in reverse order of their ionization potential.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"><span style="color:black">As further this recombination process progressed, HeH+ reacted with then neutral hydrogen and created first path to formation of molecular hydrogen — marking beginning of modern universe.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It weights around 1.05 kg and measuring 11.3 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm in dimensions. It has lifespan of the satellite is around one and a half years.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its Attitude Determination and Control Mission will involve reduction of angular velocity of the satellite using magnetic torquers.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">HD 21749c</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">TESS which was launched just about a year ago is already a game-changer in the planet-hunting business. TESS total tally is likely to end up topping that of Kepler has found about 70% of the 4,000 exoplanets discovered to date.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is space telescope launched as part of NASA's Explorers program. It was launched in April 2018 for two-year mission atop Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is aimed at searching for exoplanets using transit method in an area 400 times larger than that covered by its predecessor Kepler mission.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its primary mission objective is to survey brightest stars near Earth for transiting exoplanets. It uses array of wide-field cameras to perform survey of 85% of the sky.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It finds large number of small planets around nearest stars in sky as compared to previous sky surveys with ground-based telescopes which have mainly detected giant exoplanets</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It also provides prime targets for further characterization by James Webb Space Telescope, as well as to other large ground-based and space-based telescopes of the future.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is derived from Falcon 9 vehicle and consists of strengthened Falcon 9 first stage as central core with two additional first stages as strap-on boosters. It strength equals to three Falcon 9 rockets.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It can lift payload having total weight of 64 tons into the orbit, highest payload capacity of any currently operational launch vehicle.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was initially designed with an aim of sending humans to Moon or Mars, but now is being considered mainly as potential equipment carrier for deep space destinations.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Note:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It is not first extra-terrestrial seismic activity detected by scientists. Five seismometers already have operated on Moon between 1969 and 1977 and measured thousands of moonquakes. </span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Cause of </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">MarsQuake</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Significance</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) is robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of the planet Mars.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was manufactured by Lockheed Martin and is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The mission launched in May 2018 and successfully landed at Elysium Planitia on Mars on November 2018. Its primary goal is to gain insights into the interior of Mars</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">InSight's objectives </span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Place seismometer, called SEIS, on the surface of Mars to measure seismic activity.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Provide accurate 3D models of Mars's interior. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Measure internal heat flow using heat probe-HP3 to study Mars' early geological evolution.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Chandrayaan-2 will be India's second mission to moon, and first to attempt soft landing. It is follow-up mission to Chandrayaan-1, which launched in October 2008 and helped provide first confirmation of water (in form of hydroxyl ions) on moon in 2009.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Chandrayaan-2 launch details</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Orbiter and Lander have been interfaced mechanically and stacked together as an integrated module and accommodated inside the GSLV MK-III launch vehicle. Rover will be housed inside the Lander.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Once spacecraft reaches Moon's orbit, it will attempt to make soft landing in region 600 kilometres away from the lunar South pole. This will be the first time any mission touched down so far from equator. </span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The orbiter module of Chandrayaan-2 will circle moon and relay data and information from lander and rover about conditions on surface of moon back to earth.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About RISAT Series</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">ISRO had deployed first RISAT satellted in orbit on April 20, 2009. It was dubbed as <strong>RISAT-2</strong>. It mainly used X-band-synthetic aperture radars (SAR) to provide Indian armed forces with all-weather surveillance and observation to notice any potential threat or malicious activity around the nation’s borders. It had capability to take images of Earth during day and night, as well as in all weather conditions including cloudy conditions.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Following 2008 Mumbai terror attacks (26/11), ISRO had prioritized launch of RISAT-2 over RISAT- 1, as its C-band SAR radar was not ready and RISAT -2 was carrying advance Israeli-built X-band SAR.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The X-band SAR used by RISAT-2 was obtained from Israel in return for launch services for Israeli TecSAR satellite. The SAR sensor had enabled RISAT-2 to capture and send images at any time of day and in all weather conditions.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">RISAT-1</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">ISRO had launched successfully launched RSAT-1 in April 2012 for lifespan of five years (active till 2017). It was first indigenous microwave remote designed and developed by ISRO. </span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was not designed as a surveillance satellite, given its reliance on the C-band. But it was extensively or natural resources management, primarily agriculture planning and forestry surveys. It was also used to predict and prevent flooding. It was also used for monitoring paddy plantations and yields in the kharif season and to assist India's food security planning</span></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">L1 point is situated at distance of about 1.5 million km from earth. It provides major advantage of viewing the sun without any occultation/ eclipses,</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Aditya L1<strong> </strong>will be first satellite in the world to study magnetic field of the sun’s corona. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The satellite will carry seven payloads including the main payload Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VLEC).</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will study dynamic nature of sun’s outer most layers, corona and chromosphere and collect data about Coronal Mass Ejections (CME).</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">DART Planetary-Defence Mission</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is planned space probe (spacecraft) that will demonstrate kinetic impactor technique of crashing an impactor spacecraft into asteroid moon for planetary defense purposes. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is intended to test whether spacecraft impact could successfully deflect asteroid on a collision course with Earth</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The DART spacecraft will be launched in June 2021 on board of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, US. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It will hit into “Didymoon”, a 165 meters satellite of near-Earth asteroid Didymos in October 2022 at a speed about 6 km/s i.e. about nine times faster than a bullet.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Scientists will observe impact using telescopes and measure change in Didymoon’s orbit around its asteroid. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">After the impact it will able to see whether the asteroid moon moves its path by just fraction of per cent, which will be enough to deflect any future asteroids that posses threat to Earth.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Asteroid Didymos</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">RISAT-2B </span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is radar imaging earth observation satellite weighing about 615 kg. <strong>RISAT</strong> stands for Radar Imaging Satellite. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will be replacement of RISAT-2. It will have a mission life of five years. It will be placed in Low Earth Orbit.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is fourth satellite of RISAT programme. It has advanced technology of 3.6m radial rib antenna.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It uses synthetic aperture radar like its predecessors that can take pictures known as radar images of the earth during day and night, and also under adverse weather (cloudy) conditions.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Synthetic Aperture Radar (X band radar): </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It send out hundreds of large wavelength radio signals every second towards subject (in this case earth) and capture reflected signals to create a radio image, which can then be used by computers to build a real image. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">As large wavelength radio waves are not obstructed by clouds, dust or similar other obstacles in atmosphere, they produce reliable images during day and night and all seasons even in adverse weather conditions. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Significance:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> Unlike usual remote sensing and optical imaging satellites, a radar imaging satellite can penetrate through thick cloud cover and identify hidden objects on the ground.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Applications:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It has been developed for military reconnaissance and general surveillance purposes. It will also be used in fields of agriculture, forestry and disaster management support.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">RISAT series</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Two satellites in RISAT series already have been launched by ISRO. RISAT-2 was the first one to be launched in 2009, while RISAT-1, which had got delayed, was launched in 2012. RISAT-1 is no longer operational.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">RISAT-2:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It was placed in orbit in 2009. It was RISAT-1’s replacement, a microwave remote sensing satellite launched in 2012. It was actively used India to monitor activities in camps across border in Pakistan to thwart infiltration bids by terrorists.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Future mission</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">ISRO will launch five RISAT-series satellites in coming one year. These satellites will be of different types and will be named as Risat-2BR1, Risat-2BR2, Risat-1A and thereon Risat-1B and Risat2A. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Need for radar imaging satellites with all-weather capabilities</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">With increased activities of infiltrators along Pakistan border, India needs more eye in the sky to keep an eye on terrorist launchpads and their hideouts. Moreover, surveillance satellites are also needed to monitor increasing activities of Chinese warships in Indian Ocean. </span></span></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is Elon Musk led-SpaceX’s ambitious project to develop low-cost, high-performance satellite bus to provide space-based Internet communication system. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is being implemented by SpaceX’s satellite development facility in Redmond, Washington. Its purpose is to provide high-speed satellite internet across Earth around the clock.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Its development was started in 2015 and two prototype test-flight satellites were launched in February 2018.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Under it, SpaceX is planning to deploy nearly 12,000 satellites in three orbital shells by mid-2020s: initially placing approximately 1600 in 550-kilometer altitude shell, subsequently placing ~2800 Ku- and Ka-band spectrum sateliites at 1,150 km and 7500 V-band satellites at 340 km.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) </span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was incorporated on March 6 2019 by Department of Space (DoS) for commercially utilising research and development activities carried out by ISRO in the area of space.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is DoS’s second commercial entity in ISRO after Antrix Corporation Limited, which was set up in September 1992 to market products and services of ISRO.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Capital: It is provided an authorised share capital worth Rs.100 crore and initial paid up capital of Rs.10 crore. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Functions:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It will act as aggregator for all space related activities in industry and develop private entrepreneurship in space related technologies. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will be responsible for production and manufacturing of commercially successful Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) and Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) spacecraft launchers via technology transfer mechanisms. It will cater to emerging global market demand of commercial SSLV</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will also provide satellite building and satellite-based services which includes outsource assembly of small satellites and upcoming SSLV, supply of sub-systems for various domestic and international application needs. It will also enable space technology spin-offs via Indian industry interface. </span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will serve as platform for motivating and involving undergraduate, post graduate students and research scholars and orient them towards the realms of space-research activities.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It also aspire to partner with ISRO for performing cutting edge research not only catering to socio-economic needs of Northeast but also to contribute towards the basic research activities of various ISRO projects across India.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Indian Space Station</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">This project will be an extension of the Gangayaan mission. It will be smaller than the existing ISS and is expected to have a payload of 20 tonnes (whereas, ISS weighs 420 tonnes). </span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Its size will be little more than two Gaganyaan crew modules. It will serve as a facility where astronauts can stay for 15-20 days and conduct microgravity experiments. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is expected to be placed altitude of 400 kilometres from earth. It will be solely India’s own project and there will be no collaboration with any other country for this project.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Comment </span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">According to ISRO, prospects of setting up Indian space station will depend on successes Gaganyaan mission (India’s first human spaceflight programme scheduled for 2022). Under this mission, ISRO will be sending two to three Indian astronauts in space for a period of up to seven days before India celebrates its 75 anniversary of its independence. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">International Space Station</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is a joint project between five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), Roscosmos (Russia) and CSA (Canada).</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is habitable artificial satellite in low Earth orbit (LEO) and is the largest human-made body in this orbit.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It consists of pressurised habitation modules, solar arrays, structural trusses, radiators, experiment bays, docking ports and robotic arms.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It maintains orbit with an altitude of between 330 and 435 by means of re-boost manoeuvres. It circles Earth in roughly 92 minutes and completes 15.5 orbits per day<strong>.</strong></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Purpose: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It serves as microgravity and space environment research laboratory in which crew members conduct experiments in human biology, biology, Astronomy, Physics, meteorology, and other fields.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was designed and developed under BIRDS 3 Project by two Sri Lankan engineers Dulani Chamika and Tharindu Dayaratne studying space engineering at Japan’s Kyushu Institute of Technology.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is cube satellite weighing around 1.05 kg and measuring 11.3 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm in dimensions. It has lifespan of the satellite is around one and a half years. It is expected to orbit 400 km away from earth.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will perform five missions including the capturing of pictures of Sri Lanka and its surrounding regions. Its Lora Demonstration Mission will validate module to be used to data download next satellites. Its Attitude Determination and Control Mission will involve reduction of angular velocity of satellite using magnetic torquers.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Testing:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It was tested recently under sea as the bottom of ocean floor which is rocky, sandy terrain and warm salty water bears much more similarity with lunar surface.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">How LESA Works?</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It enables astronaut to lift their crewmate onmobile stretcher in less than 10 minutes and carry them to safety of nearby pressurised lander.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Currently, astronauts wear heavy extravehicular activity (EVA) suit, wich makes it is impossible for fellow crewmate to carry the injured astronaut over their shoulder while wearing an EVA suit.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Mission Objective:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It will image regions beyond the Sun’s outer corona. It will also image and track the solar wind and also coronal mass ejections.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Coronal mass ejections (CMS): It is huge masses of plasma that get thrown out of Sun’s atmosphere. It can affect and drive space weather events near Earth.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Significance:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It will enhance other solar mission such as NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and ESA-NASA joint project, Solar Orbiter by tracking structures of Sun’s atmosphere in real time. Since Sun’s corona is much fainter than its surface layers, it cannot be viewed by instruments directly. So PUNCH Mission will block out light from the Sun to view its corona and the structures in it.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Dragonfly mission</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is part of NASA’s quest to search for building blocks of life and will aim towards collecting samples and examining sites around Titan. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Mission Objective:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> Dragonfly multi-rotor vehicle will fly to dozens of promising locations on Titan looking for prebiotic chemical processes common on both Titan and Earth.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Specifications of Dragonfly:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It has eight rotors and flies like large drone. Instruments fitted on it will search for chemical evidence of past or extant life.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Significance:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It will be for first time NASA will fly multi-rotor vehicle for science on another planet. It will also be first vehicle ever to fly its entire science payload to new places for repeatable and targeted access to surface materials.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Surface composition:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It is icy moon with surface of rock-hard water ice. It is also likely has a liquid water ocean beneath its surface. It is known to have liquid rivers, lakes and seas on its surface mainly contain hydrocarbons like methane and ethane and not water.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Atmosphere:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It is the only moon in the solar system known to have substantial atmosphere, which is mostly nitrogen like Earth’s and is 4 times denser than Earth’s atmosphere.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Location:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> Titan orbits Saturn, which orbits the Sun at a distance of about 886 million miles, about 10 times farther from the Sun than Earth orbits. </span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Its model is based on neural networks, which are designed to mimic way human brain learns to recognise objects by activating specific neurons when visualising distinctive patterns and colours.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About Spektr-RG</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Objective:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It intends to replace Spektr-R, known as “Russian Hubble”, which Roskosmos lost control of in January 2019. Spektr-R was launched in 2011 to observe black holes, magnetic fields and neutron stars. Its successor will take up similar duties.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Mission Life:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It is set to last for six-and-a-half years including four-year scanning of space and the remainder spent observing objects in space. During its lifetime, it is expected to uncover around three million super-massive black holes as well as some 100,000 massive galaxy clusters strung out across the known universe.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Orbit:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> Its observing position is located some 1.5 million kilometres (900,000 miles) above Earth.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was space laboratory launched in September 2016 part as part of China’s ambitious space station program aimed at placing Chinese large modular space station in Low Earth orbit (LEO) by 2022.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was China’s second experimental space station module and had replaced Tiangong-1 (China’s first space station) which had ended its operational life in March 2016.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It had upgraded habitat with improved life support systems, power, communications and research equipments. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">In late 2016, it hosted two Chinese astronauts for 30 days (It was China’s longest manned space mission so far). </span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About International Charter, Space and Major Disasters</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is multi-lateral mechanism for sharing space-based information for countries affected by natural or man-made disasters for the benefit of disaster management.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is a non-binding charter which provides for charitable and humanitarian retasked acquisition of and transmission of space satellite data to relief organizations in the event of major disasters.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It aims to combine Earth observation assets from different space agencies for sharing resources and expertise for rapid response to major disaster situations.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was initiated by European Space Agency (ESA) and French space agency CNES after UNISPACE III conference held in Vienna, Austria in July 1999. It officially came into operation in November 2000.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Currently there are 17 charter members and 61 contributing satellites. NRSC represents ISRO as a member of the charter.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It delivers date on ongoing basis throughout duration of Charter activation by country and provides valuable information about disaster that is not possible to obtain on the ground.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was activated for first time for floods in northeast France in December 2001. Since it has been activated for numerous floods, earthquakes, oil spills, forest fires, tsunamis, major snowfalls, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes and landslides,</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">As of July 201o, it had had 614 activations, from 125 countries (including India), and had 17 members, which contributed 61 satellites. It had won the prestigious Pecora award in 2017. </span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Earth-observation satellites are mainly deployed in space to capture high-resolution pictures of land and ocean surfaces. Most of these satellites move at great speeds in their orbits around earth and remain over particular area for barely seconds. They return to that point only hours (sometimes days later). However, in case disaster hits in country, its satellites might not be in proper place at that time to view affected area, but satellite some other country may be present above this disaster affected area. By pooling their satellites resources, countries help out a member country that requests information for satellite pictures and data. This also helps country access satellite pictures of varying resolutions, different angles, and taken at different times.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Hayabusa 2</span></span></span></span></em></strong> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">is an </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">asteroid sample <span style="background-color:white"><span style="color:#222222">operated by the Japanese space agency, </span><span style="color:#000000">JAXA</span></span></span><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">. It follows on from the </span></span></span></span><strong><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Hayabusa</span></span></span></span></em></strong> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">mission which returned asteroid samples in 2010</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">It is in the process of surveying the asteroid for a year and a half, departing in December 2019, and returning to Earth in December 2020</span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Mission details</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Hayabusa 2</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">carries multiple science payloads for remote sensing, sampling, and four small rovers that are investigating the asteroid surface to inform the environmental and geological context of the samples collected.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Hayabusa 2 specifically will explore asteroid <strong><em>Ryugu </em></strong>in our solar system. The asteroid <strong><em>Ryugu</em></strong> is one of the primitive near carboniferous object similar to our Earth and holds large secrets to the origin of our universe<em>.</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Studying it is expected to provide additional knowledge on the origin and evolution of the inner planets and, in particular, the origin of water and organic compounds on Earth, all relevant to the </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">origin of life </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">on Earth</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Additional Information</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Compared to the previous </span></span></span></span><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Hayabusa</span></span></span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <span style="color:#222222">mission, the spacecraft features improved </span>ion engines,<span style="color:#222222"> guidance and navigation technology, antennas, and </span>attitude control<span style="color:#222222"> systems.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">A kinetic penetrator was shot into the asteroid to expose pristine sample material that was later sampled for return to Earth.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">In a major push for Make-in-India initiative ISRO has invited private Indian companies to build five polar satellites Launch Vehicles (PSLV)</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222"> to be supplied to ISRO.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Indian space sector is highly valued to provide boost to domestic manufacturing.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">By inviting private companies to take up manufacturing, ISRO is aiming to develop a strong domestic industry that boosts Make In India initiative</span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">New Space India Limited (NSIL) </span></span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">NSIL is a fully government owned company that undertakes commercial assignments for ISRO. It replaces Antrix Corporation, the previous commercial arm of ISRO.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">NSIL was set up to meet the ever-increasing demands of Indian space programme and to commercially exploit the emerging global space market. The emergence of NSIL would spur the growth of Indian industries in the space sector and enable Indian industries to scale up manufacturing and production base.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">PSLV</span></span></span></span></strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">expendable</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">medium-lift launch vehicle</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <span style="background-color:white">designed and operated by the </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organisation" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline" title="Indian Space Research Organisation"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Indian Space Research Organization</span></span></a></span></span> <span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">(ISRO).</span></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Payload to Low Earth Orbit 3800 kg</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Payload to Sun Synchronous Orbit 1750 Kg</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Payload to Sub- GTO 1425 Kg</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Payload to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) 1200 Kg</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black"> </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:40px; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">On August 12, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed a year in service.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">It is part of NASA’s “Living with a Star” programme that explores different aspects of the Sun-Earth system. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">The probe seeks to gather information about the Sun’s atmosphere and NASA aims to revolutionize our understanding of the Sun. It is also the closest a human-made object has ever gone to the Sun.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Parker Solar Probe</span></span> <span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">(previously Solar Probe, Solar Probe Plus, or Solar Probe+, abbreviated PSP)</span></span> <span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">is a NASA</span></span> <span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">robotic spacecraft</span></span> <span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">launched in 2018, with the mission of repeatedly probing and making observations of the outer corona</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <span style="background-color:white">of the </span></span><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sun</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">The mission’s central aim is to trace how energy and heat move through the Sun’s corona and to study the source of the solar wind’s acceleration. The mission is likely to last for seven years during which it will complete 24 orbits.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">Other</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222"> goals of the mission are</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Determine what mechanisms accelerate and transport energetic particles.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">NASA has tested a prototype of new Mars rover in Icelandic volcanic fields for its preparation towards Mars mission 2020.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Mars 2020 is a Mars rover mission by NASA's Mars Exploration Program with a planned launch on 17 July 2020, and touchdown in Jezero crater on Mars on 18 February 2021.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The mission will seek signs of habitable conditions on Mars in the ancient past, and will also search for evidence called bio signatures which shows its past microbial life. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The rover is planned for launch in 2020 on an Atlas V-541, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will manage the mission. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Objective of Mission</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A key mission requirement is that it must help prepare NASA for its long-term Mars sample-return mission and crewed mission efforts.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">It will test technology to produce a small amount of pure oxygen (O2) from Martian atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2).</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The mission will also attempt to identify subsurface water, improve landing techniques, and characterize weather, dust, and other potential environmental conditions that could affect future astronauts living and working on Mars.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The LIGO collaboration announced a ‘super-event’ alert on its <strong>GraceDB</strong> (Gravitational Wave Candidate Event Database). The event, dubbed <strong>S190814bv</strong>, after the date of its discovery, has sent waves of excitement through the astrophysics community because it is different from previous events observed so far.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Black holes are a critical part of the formation and evolution of galaxies and new radio telescopes will be needed for us to learn how black holes interact with stars and galaxies.</span></span> <span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Results are important for astronomy because they potentially impact how we understand galaxy evolution.</span></span> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:whitesmoke"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Analysis suggests that super event originated from the collision of a black hole or something else. </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The ‘something else’ here could be a neutron star or a black hole of low mass.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <span style="background-color:whitesmoke">The extreme gravity of the black hole would shred the neutron star, releasing light in the form of gamma rays, X-rays, Ultraviolet rays in addition to gravitational waves.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If it is a merger of two black holes, then the second black hole would have to have a mass smaller than allowed by current theories.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If confirmed, this will significantly advance our understanding of black hole population in the universe.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">LIGO telescope</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale </span></span></span><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">physics<span style="color:#222222"> experiment and observatory to detect cosmic </span>gravitational waves<span style="color:#222222"> and to develop gravitational-wave observations as an astronomical tool.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Black Hole</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">A black hole is a region of </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">space-time<span style="background-color:white"><span style="color:#222222"> exhibiting </span></span><span style="background-color:white">gravitational<span style="color:#222222"> acceleration so strong that no </span>particles<span style="color:#222222"> or even </span>electromagnetic radiation<span style="color:#222222"> such as </span>light<span style="color:#222222"> can escape from it. The theory of </span>general relativity<span style="color:#222222"> predicts that a sufficiently compact </span>mass<span style="color:#222222"> can deform </span>space time<span style="color:#222222"> to form a black hole.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">India and France have decided to launch surveillance mechanism for ships using satellites. It will continuously provide maritime surveillance and security.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Most ships are mandated to have a transponder that gives their details and also to detect ships around them. By making out the kind of ship, its location, speed and course with AIS, a country’s maritime force can make out potential threats, similar to the aviation system of IFF or ‘identify friend or foe’ for planes.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:whitesmoke"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A group of 10 low earth satellites are launched for this purpose.This constellation carrying telecommunications (AIS) and radar and optical remote-sensing instruments will constitute the <strong>first space-based system in the world</strong> capable of tracking ships continuously.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:whitesmoke"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> The satellites will be operated jointly by France and India to monitor ships in the Indian Ocean.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:whitesmoke"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The satellite-based<strong> Automatic Identification System </strong>or<strong> AIS </strong>will detect, identify and track a range of vessels moving in the ocean region and guard against aggression, terrorism, piracy, smuggling, source of oil slicks and also be useful for rescues.</span></span></span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:whitesmoke"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The AIS satellites will be launched by ISRO from Sriharikota. The two agencies have earlier put up two climate and ocean weather monitoring satellites <strong>Megha-Tropiques</strong> in 2011 and <strong>SARAL-AltiKa</strong> in 2013. The new AIS ring will be further supported by ISRO’s Oceansat-3 carrying the French Argos payload.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Benefits</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">AIS are designed to provide information about a ship to other ships and to coastal authorities automatically.</span></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The satellite-based AIS will significantly boost India’s coastal surveillance mechanism and maritime security<strong><span style="background-color:white">.</span></strong></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">Russia has played an important role in India’s space journey, and space remains one of the key pillars of the strategic partnership between the two countries. Over the years India’s indigenous space programme has benefited from Russian technical and scientific assistance.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Cyogenic Engines</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A <strong>cryogenic rocket engine</strong> is a rocket engine that uses a cryogenic fuel or oxidizer. The fuel or oxidizer are gases liquefied and stored at very low temperatures.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Working</span></span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rocket engines need high mass flow rates of both oxidizer and fuel to generate useful thrust. Oxygen, the simplest and most common oxidizer, is in the gas phase at standard temperature and pressure. The coomon fuel hydrogen is also same as oxygen.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Various cryogenic fuel-oxidizer combinations have been tried, but the combination of liquid hydrogen (LH2) fuel and the liquid oxygen (LOX) oxidizer is one of the most widely used. Both components are easily and cheaply available, and when burned have one of the highest enthalpy releases in combustion. </span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details of News</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Russia is offering its semi-cryogenic rocket engine technology to India under the `Make-in-India' programme. The rocket engines could be made in India and used in our rockets.</span></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> The two countries will also discuss cooperation in the sphere of piloted space flights, satellite navigation and engine technology. </span></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The two countries are also discussing the setting up of ground stations in each other's countries to enhance the accuracy of their satellite navigation signals<span style="color:#212121">.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#333333">People suffering from insomnia may have an increased risk of coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal <em>Circulation.</em></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">The prevalence of heart disease and stroke has increased by over 50% from 1990 to 2016 in India, with an increase observed in every state. The contribution of these diseases to total deaths and disease burden in the country has almost doubled in the past 25 years.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#333333">Researchers have found an association between insomnia, which affects up to 30% of the general population, and an increased risk of developing heart disease and stroke.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#333333">Genetic variants for insomnia were associated with significantly higher odds of coronary artery disease, heart failure and ischemic stroke , particularly large artery stroke, but not atrial fibrillation.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The team of ISRO engineers further nudged the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft closer to moon in an operation lasting 20 minutes. The spacecraft will now go around the moon in an almost circular orbit, eventually getting into the desired orbit of around the moon.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In a major milestone for India's second Moon mission, the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft had successfully entered the lunar orbit on August 20 by performing Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) manoeuvre.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">There will be one more orbit manoeuvre on to make the spacecraft enter its final orbit, passing over the lunar pole at a distance of about 100 km from the Moon's surface.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">It will then perform a series of complex braking manoeuvres to soft land in the South polar region of the Moon on September 7, 2019.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#3e433e">Other details</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV MkIII-M1 successfully launched the 3,840-kg Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft into the earth's orbit.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">After landing, the rover 'Pragyan' will roll out from lander 'Vikram' and carry out experiments on the lunar surface for a period of one lunar day, equivalent to 14 earth days.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The orbiter carries eight scientific payloads for mapping the lunar surface and studies the exosphere (outer atmosphere) of the Moon, while the lander carries three scientific payloads to conduct surface and subsurface science experiments.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">The </span></span></span><span style="color:black">Chinese Lunar Exploration Program</span><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black"> is designed to be conducted in three phases of incremental technological advancement: the first is to reach lunar orbit, the second is to land and rover on the Moon, the third is to collect </span></span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rock" title="Moon rock"><span style="color:black">lunar samples</span></a><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black"> from the near-side and send them to Earth, a task for the future </span></span></span><span style="color:black">Chang'e 5</span><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black"> and </span></span></span><span style="color:black">Chang'e 6</span><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black"> missions.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">Details</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">As the researchers were preparing to power Yutu-2's usual mid-day "nap" which is important to protect the rover from the high intensity of temperature and radiations from the sun, a unique phenomenon was observed.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">A small crater was spotted that contained some substance with a "colour" and "lustre" which was clearly different from the surrounding lunar surface.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">The Chang'e 4 team decided to explore more about this strange substance. As per the </span></span></span><strong><span style="background-color:white"><span style="color:black">Yutu-2's "Drive Diary"</span></span></strong><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">, the team instructed the rover to point its spectrometer, a device that can help in finding the composition of the material, towards the substance.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">Up till now, there are still no details about the nature of the newly discovered substance. As per the report, an outside researcher has suggested that this substance is melt grass made from meteorites that keep on striking the Moon's surface.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Chang’e Mission</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">Chang'e 4 is a robotic spacecraft mission, part of the second phase of the </span></span></span><span style="color:black">Chinese Lunar Exploration Program</span><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">. It achieved the first </span></span></span><span style="color:black">soft landing</span><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black"> on the </span></span></span><span style="color:black">far side of the Moon</span><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">, on 3 January 2019.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">Yutu-2 rover</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Background</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Details</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is stated Only 5 per cent of the mission has been lost - Vikram, the lander, and Pragyan, the rover. The remaining 95 per cent, that is the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter, is orbiting the moon successfully.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III, or the GSLV Mk-III, the biggest and most powerful rocket in India's space garage carried with it the orbiter, lander and rover. The GSLV Mk-III successfully launched the orbiter.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Other Information</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, going around the Moon, is capable of communicating with Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) and the mission life of the Orbiter is one year.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The orbiter can take pictures of moon and send it to ISRO. The Orbiter can also take pictures of the lander to know its status.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft comprised three segments the Orbiter (weighing 2,379 kg, eight payloads), 'Vikram' (1,471 kg, four payloads) and 'Pragyan' (27 kg, two payloads).</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A thermal image was made by using radiation from the infrared region of the spectrum, which means that the orbiter has not seen the lander or detected any communication link, but captured the radiations being emitted from it.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Any major damage would likely make the Pragyaan rover non-functional, making it difficult for the rover to traverse the Moon’s surface.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Locating the lander would have offered clues on what happened in the last two minutes of the powered descent and where it landed. This information could be useful for planning future Moon missions.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Way ahead</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The orbiter period is around two hours, but as it is revolving in a polar orbit around the Moon, it will come to the same point only during the next few cycles. So as time passes by, it will get very difficult to set up communication with the Lander</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The life span of the <em>Pragyaan</em> rover present inside the Lander is about 1 moon day which is equal to about 14 earth days. The functions to be performed by <em>Pragyaan </em>will not be possibe if communication is not established soon.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Researchers have revealed that a peptide, isolated from an Antarctic sponge has ability to fight against malarial infection. The current medications for malaria have become less effective due to drug resistance.</span></span><br />
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Some 219 million cases of malaria were reported worldwide in 2017, according to the World Health Organization, with 4,35,000 people having lost their lives to their disease that year.</span></span><br />
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Symptoms of malaria begin with fever and chills, which can be followed by severe anaemia, respiratory distress and organ failure.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The parasite responsible for malaria is transmitted to people through mosquito bites. It spends some of its lifecycles first in the liver, where it reproduces, and then it moves into the blood.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Conventional treatments hold the parasite in check when it is in patients' blood, but the parasites are increasingly becoming resistant to these medications.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">During research, the team screened a collection of natural products extracted from a Southern Ocean sponge known as <strong><em>Inflatella coelosphaeroides</em></strong>.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">One compound, named as <strong>friomaramide</strong>, blocked infection and development of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in liver cells, thereby effectively reducing malarial infection.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Astronomers for the first time have discovered water in the atmosphere of an exoplanet having Earth-like temperatures that could support life.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>K2-18b</strong> is now the only planet orbiting a star outside the Solar System which is known to have both water and temperatures that could be potentially habitable.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The planet orbits the cool dwarf star <strong>K2-18</strong>, which is about 110 light years from Earth in the Leo constellation.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The discovery is the first successful atmospheric detection for an exoplanet orbiting in its star’s ‘habitable zone’, at a distance where water can exist in liquid form.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The team used archive data from 2016 and 2017 captured by the ESA/NASA Hubble Space Telescope and developed open-source algorithms to analyse the starlight filtered through K2-18b’s atmosphere.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The results revealed the molecular signature of water vapour, also indicating the presence of hydrogen and helium in the planet’s atmosphere.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Further studies can determine the amount of atmospheric moisture and cloud coverage.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Hubble telescope</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Goldilocks zone</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> The goldilocks zone or habitable zone, is the range of orbits around a star within which a planetary surface can support liquid water given sufficient atmospheric pressure . This marks the region where a life can exist.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Einstein’s Theory of Relativity</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity predicted that a black hole of a given mass and spin can only produce tones of a certain pitch and decay.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Gravitational waves</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Gravitational waves are disturbances in the curvature of spacetime, generated by accelerated masses, that propagate as waves outward from their source at the speed of light.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Gravitational waves transport energy as gravitational radiation, a form of radiant energy similar to electromagnetic radiation.</span></span></p>
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</ul>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the U.S., calculated the mass and spin that the black hole should have using physicist Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, given its ringing pattern.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">These calculations, according to the study, matched earlier measurements of the black hole’s mass and spin.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The study has showcases possibility that black holes exhibit only three observable properties, mass, spin, and electric charge.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Scientists had earlier detected the gravitational waves when two black holes merged, which managed to produce a distinct signal pattern.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Black holes have been getting scientific attention from the very beginning. They were hinted at as early as the 1780s. Albert Einstein predicted them in his general theory of relativity.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Formation of Black Holes</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to Einstein's theory, a black hole should exhibit just three observable properties: mass, spin, and electric charge.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> All other characteristics would be swallowed up by the black hole itself because it acts as a one-way trapdoor.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Most black holes are remnants of large stars that die in supernova explosions. There are four types of black holes: stellar, intermediate, supermassive, and miniature.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Evidences of Black Hole</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">They are effectively invisible and scientists use special tools to infer their presence and observe them by the effects of their enormous gravitational fields on nearby matter.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The presence of a black hole can be inferred through its interaction with other matter and with electromagnetic radiation such as visible light.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Matter that falls onto a black hole can form an external accretion disk heated by friction, forming some of the brightest objects in the universe.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Significance of Black Hole research</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Black hole reserch has potential to provide more insight into the formation of universe and its destruction in future.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Balck hole research also holds answers for space time distortion that makes time travelling possible.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) attended a Joint Meeting to discuss the effectiveness and potential implications of asteroid-deflection techniques.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A modest space rocks can cause huge destruction on Earth. Fortunately , asteroid like that has not on earth’s way for millions of years. However, scientists believe it is crucial to be prepared for such a catastrophic prospect all the same. And that’s what the NASA-ESA joint initiative Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) aims to do.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Scientists are already capable of tracking and predicting asteroid trajectories, we may also possess the technology to change an asteroid’s course.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">AIDA intends to put this very technology to test starting July 2021, by conducting a trial run.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The AIDA has designed a two-phase mission, which will begin with NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) launch in July 2021, and its subsequent collision with asteroid ‘Didymos B’ in September 2022.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In the second phase, ESA's Hera mission will visit the same asteroid in 2027, to investigate the outcome of the impact.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The AIDA will try to estimate the efficiency of the kinetic impact by measuring the post-collision mass of Didymos B. It will also conduct a detailed examination of the impact crater, so as to characterise the physical and mineralogical properties of the Didymos asteroid pair.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>DART mission</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Double Asteroid Redirection Test is a planned space probe that will demonstrate the kinetic effects of crashing an impactor spacecraft into an asteroid moon for planetary defense purposes.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The mission is intended to test whether a spacecraft impact could successfully deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth.</span></span></p>
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</ul>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><span style="background-color:whitesmoke"><span style="color:#282828"> T</span></span></span>he Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has initiated ‘<strong>Project NETRA’</strong> , an early warning system in space to detect debris and other hazards to Indian satellites.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The project estimated to cost ?400 crore, which once implemented will give India its own capability in Space Situational Awareness (SSA) like the other space powers which is used to ‘predict’ threats from debris to Indian satellites.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> It also goes so far as to serve as an unstated warning against missile or space attack for the country.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NETRA’s eventual goal is to capture the GEO, or geostationary orbit scene at 36,000 km where communication satellites operate.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">SSA will first be for low-earth orbits or LEO which have remote-sensing spacecraft and will work under NETRA, or Network for space object Tracking and Analysis.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The ISRO plans to put up many observational facilities: connected radars, telescopes; data processing units and a control centre in order to implement NETRA.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Importance</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Space debris could be floating particles from dead satellites or rocket parts that stay in orbit for many years.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A small speck of paint or fragment floating towards their spacecraft can disable on board electronics and cripples the satellite worth several hundred crore rupees besides many services that run on it.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Agencies constantly look for debris at the time of a launch and through the life of a satellite for its protection.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Current debris trackers</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>NORAD</strong>, or the North American Aerospace Defense Command, is an initiative of the <strong>U.S. and Canada</strong> that shares selective debris data with many countries.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NORAD, too, uses satellites, ground and air radars to secure its two countries against attacks from air, space or sea.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Mars Orbiter Mission is the only artificial satellite that could image the full disc of Mars in one view frame and also image the far side of Deimos.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Incorporate autonomous features to handle contingency situations.</span></span></p>
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<li>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">we can see the photon ring, a perfect ring of light around the event horizon.That light is actually coming from the part of the accretion disc behind the black hole but the gravity is so intense, even outside the event horizon, that it warps spacetime and bends the path of light around the black hole.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The black holes also produce a phenomenon known as Doppler effect where motion produces a change in frequency in the wavelength of the light. This is because the part of the disc that is moving towards us is brighter as it is moving close to light-speed.</span></span></p>
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<li>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is a gas giant, about half the size of Jupiter. It orbits its star in just four days. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to NASA there are about 4000 confirmed discoveries of exoplanets.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Advanced research has helped exploration move beyond conventional ground based telescopes.</span></span></p>
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<li>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It was also observed that the release of the light played a role in how matter could form clumps creating galaxies.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This matter is found to be all around us but we only feel it through its gravity and we cannot see it through other interactions. This is because it does not interact with light.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Over a period of time it was also found out that the dark matter is more prominent than the initial assumptions, about 75% of the universal mass.</span></span></p>
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<li>
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<li>
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<li>
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They together make one of the largest constellations of its class communication satellites in the world.</span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Applications</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It will provide continuity to operational services on some of in-orbit satellites and augment Ku-band transponder capacity in Geostationary Orbit.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It will also provide wide beam coverage to facilitate communication over large oceanic region comprising large part of Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean using wide band transponder.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It will also provide transponder capacity for DTH television and connectivity to services like VSATs for ATMs, stock-exchanges, Digital Satellite News Gathering DSNG and e-governance applications.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It will also be used for cellular backhaul connectivity and many such applications of emerging telecommunication applications.</span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'isro-launches-gsat-31-satellite', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/777b/yx8rt3ufbasx3le6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/777b/yx8rt3ufbasx3le6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'ISRO launches GSAT 31 satellite from French Guiana | Study IQ', 'metakeyword' => 'Science and Technology Current Affairs, ISRO, GSAT 31, Communication satellite, French Guiana, Hellas Sat 4, Saudi Arabia, Current affairs, Current affair', 'metadescription' => 'Indian Space Research Orgnisation (ISRO) successfully launched communication satellite GSAT-31 from French Guiana', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'http://www.mediafire.com/file/8tzr6itk7n6offa/current_affair_6.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 2 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 211, 'title' => 'Cabinet approves setting up new company under Department of Space', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The Union Cabinet approved setting up of new company under Department of Space (DoS) to commercially exploit research and development (R&D) work carried out by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Centers and constituent units of DOS. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">This company with explore following areas for commercial exploitation of ISRO programmes</span></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Small satellite technology transfers to industry. In this case new company will take license from DoS/ISRO and issue sub-license to industries.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Manufacture of small satellite launch vehicle (SLV) in collaboration with private spector. Productionisation of Polar SLV through industry.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Productionisation and marketing of space-based products and services, including launch and applications.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Transfer of Technology (ToT) developed by ISRO Centers and constituent units of DoS.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Market some spin-off technologies and products, both in India and abroad.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Any other subject which Government of India deems fit.</span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'cabinet-approves-setting-up-new-company', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/64c9/62ifhbuv564bdvm6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/64c9/62ifhbuv564bdvm6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Cabinet approves setting up new company under Department of Space', 'metakeyword' => 'Cabinet approves setting up new company under Department of Space', 'metadescription' => 'The Union Cabinet approved setting up of new company under Department of Space (DoS) to commercially exploit research and development (R&D) work ', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'http://www.mediafire.com/file/6flmr3920pgt08x/20feb_Cabinet_approves_setting_up.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 3 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 301, 'title' => 'NASA to launch Atmospheric Waves Experiment', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has approved new mission titled <strong>Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) </strong>to study and understand vast space weather system around Earth for forecasting purpose. It will be launched in August 2022 and will attached to exterior of Earth-orbiting International Space Station (ISS).</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE)</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Objective of AWE is study and focus on airglow, a colourful bands of light in Earth's atmosphere to determine what combination of forces drive space weather in upper atmosphere.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will first such experiment to obtain global observations of important driver of space weather in dynamic region of Earth's upper atmosphere that can cause interference with radio and GPS communications.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was selected for development based on its potential science value and the feasibility of its development plans.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was earlier Mission of Opportunity under NASA's Heliophysics Explorers Program, which conducts focused scientific research and develops instrumentation to fill scientific gap between its larger missions.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Need for this mission</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Studying space weather is significant as it can have profound impacts, affecting technology and astronauts in space, disrupting radio communications and at its most severe, overwhelming power grids. It was earlier thought that only Sun's constant outflow of ultraviolet (UV) light and particles, solar wind, could affect airglow region. However, now researchers now have learned that solar variability is not enough to drive changes observed at this region and Earth's weather also having effect on it. Hence to understand this deeper, AWE mission will investigate how waves in lower atmosphere, caused by variations in densities of different packets of air, impact upper atmosphere.</span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'atmospheric-waves-experiment', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/0225/cu2upb7yrqbstcs6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/0225/cu2upb7yrqbstcs6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'NASA to launch Atmospheric Waves Experiment | Current Affairs', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, NASA, approves, new mission, Atmospheric Waves Experiment, AWE, to understand and ultimately, forecast vast space weather system around Earth', 'metadescription' => 'National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA approves new mission titled Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) to study and understand vast space weather system around Earth for forecasting purpose', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'http://www.mediafire.com/file/oz605lcq00zran4/1Mar_NASA_to_launch_Atmospheric.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 4 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 282, 'title' => 'Mrinal: ISRO celebrates 50th anniversary of first solid rocket propellant ', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is celebrated 50th anniversary of its first composite solid propellant ‘Mrinal’. On February 21, 1969 this propellant was used to fly Rohini series RH-75 sounding rocket, which was designated Dynamic Test Vehicle (DTV), from Thumba.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Mrinal Solid propellant</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was first totally indigenous composite propellant manufactured using locally available raw materials.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It basically contained raw materials such as polyester resin, ammonium perchlorate and aluminium powder along with nitro-glycerine (worked in static firing and improved its energy and processability). </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was developed by team at Propellant Engineering Division (PED) of Space Science and Technology Centre (SSTC), a precursor to Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Dr VR Gowarikar was brain behind this composite solid propellant. It was named after Mrinalini Sarabhai, noted dance and wife of Vikram Sarabhai, father of India's space programme.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was used to propel flights up to DTV-4 version and was not extensively used by ISRO in its later launches. In later developments, it did not find extensive use with ISRO due to scaling-up issues.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its success has heralded development of indigenous solid propellant technology in the country. Now, ISRO has mastered indigenous solid propellants and propulsion technology.</span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'mrinal-first-solid-rocket-propellant', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/fc0a/1bbijscu0dwcbk36g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/fc0a/1bbijscu0dwcbk36g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Mrinal: 50th anniversary of 1st solid rocket propellant observed ', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, ISRO, celebrates, 50th anniversary, first composite solid propellant, Mrinal, Dr VR Gowarikar', 'metadescription' => 'Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is celebrated 50th anniversary of its first composite solid propellant ‘Mrinal’', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'http://www.mediafire.com/file/43ho3n4r0prhrnp/28feb_ISRO_celebrates_50th.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 5 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 278, 'title' => 'Emisat: ISRO to launch electronic intelligence satellite', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be launching electronic intelligence satellite Emisat of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in March 2019. It will be launched along with 28 third party satellites on board of <strong>Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)</strong> rocket with four strap-on motors.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Key Facts</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The main passenger (payload) of this PSLV rocket will be DRDO's electronic intelligence satellite 'Emisat', weighing about 420 kg. The remaining 28 satellites will cumulatively weigh about 250 kg.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">he experimental payloads include one developed by students of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IISST), ISRO's own technology demonstrator and Hamsat.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Significance of this mission</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">ISRO for first time will demonstrate its new technologies like three different orbits with new variant of PSLV rocket. In this case, this rocket will place satellites in three different orbits.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">After launching Emisat at altitude of 763 km, PSLV rocket will be brought down to put 28 satellites into orbit at altitude of 504 km.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Following that the rocket will be brought down further to 485 km where fourth stage will turn into payload platform carrying three experimental payloads.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">PSLV </span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is 3rd generation launch vehicle designed and developed by ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. It has three variants of PSLV, namely, PSLV-G, PSLV-CA, PSLV-XL.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It consists of four stages, using solid and liquid propulsion systems alternately. It is hailed as reliable and versatile workhorse launch vehicle of ISRO.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its each stage is self-contained vehicle capable of functioning independently with own propulsion systems. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is capable of launching 1050 ks satellite in geo-synchronous transfer orbit and 1600 kg satellites in 620 km sun-synchronous polar orbit.</span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'emisat-ISRO-electronic-intelligence-satellite', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/dd6f/98bnz7vdozvt62b6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/dd6f/98bnz7vdozvt62b6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Emisat: ISRO to launch electronic intelligence satellite', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, electronic intelligence satellite, Emisat,Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO', 'metadescription' => 'Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be launching electronic intelligence satellite Emisat of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/orlgqu4yigndmbe/27feb_Emisat.pdf', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 6 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 256, 'title' => 'Scientists discovers hot Earth exoplanet', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Scientists from Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics have discovered 'hot Earth' exoplanet orbiting its dwarf star in just 11 hours. It was discovered using data from NASA's planet-hunting satellite Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). </span></span><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Exoplanets are planets beyond our own solar system.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-anim ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15518739187586090971119">hot</gwmw> Earth <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-anim ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15518739187587085015226">exoplanet</gwmw></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is rocky in composition and is around 50 light-years away from Earth. It has radius of about 1.3 Earth-radii, favorable enough to host atmosphere. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its short orbital period of 11 hours shows that lies very close to its star – only about seven stellar radii. Its inferred surface temperature is about 800 kelvin, too hot to retain an atmosphere. But it may be hosting atmosphere. </span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Significance of discovery</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">According to Scientists, if plant is formed in roughly this close-in location, its atmosphere is likely to stripped away in star's youth stage when it was more luminous and had more intense chromospheric activity. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">hot Earth exoplanet proximity to earth offers in characterizing any atmosphere it might have using transit method and may help to shed light on the planet's formation.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its NASA’s explorer mission launched in April 2018 to discover planets smaller than Neptune that transit bright stars. It is designed to find potential planets orbiting stars close to Earth. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has been placed in never-before-used elliptical orbit called P/2, high above Earth. It identifies such planets by undertaking all-sky survey using transit method.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is successor to Kepler space observatory which has detected most of the currently known exoplanets. It will focus on stars that are 30 to 100 times brighter than those Kepler examined. </span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'scientists-discovers-hot-earth-exoplanet', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6959/ad0ma7s8s5jjdx16g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6959/ad0ma7s8s5jjdx16g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Scientists discovers hot Earth exoplanet | Space Current Affairs', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, Scientists discover hot Earth exoplanet, orbiting, dwarf star in just 11 hours, NASA,planet-hunting satellite,', 'metadescription' => ' Space Current Affairs. Scientists from Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics have discovered 'hot Earth' exoplanet orbiting its dwarf star in just 11 hours.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/3yb2gi7i13irsch/26feb_Scientists_discovers_hot.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 7 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 377, 'title' => ' ISRO, French space agency ink agreement on maritime security', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and its French counterpart CNES have signed agreement to set up a joint maritime surveillance system in India in May 2019. The agreement comes year after India and France had announced broad collaboration during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to India in March 2018.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Under this deal</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Both space agencies will explore putting up constellation of low-Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">These satellites will identify and track movement of ships globally and in particular those moving in Indian Ocean region (IOR) where France has its Reunion Islands.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Before that, they will initially share data from their present space systems and develop new algorithms to analyse them.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Features of agreement</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It intends to supply an operational system for detecting, identifying and tracking ships in Indian Ocean. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It provides for setting up maritime surveillance centre in India in May 2019.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It deals with sharing of capacity to process existing satellite data and joint development of associated algorithms.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Climate and Weather Satellites</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Both space agencies also have put up two climate and ocean weather monitoring satellites Megha-Tropiques (2011) and SARAL-AltiKa (2013) that are considered a model.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">They will also launch Oceansat-3-Argos mission in 2020 along with a joint infrared Earth-observation satellite. </span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'isro-cnes-ink-agreement-maritime-security', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/23f1/1ttt003ydyodm986g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/23f1/1ttt003ydyodm986g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'ISRO, CNES ink agreement on maritime security', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, ISRO, CNES, sign agreement, set up,joint maritime surveillance system, India, May 2019.', 'metadescription' => 'ISRO and its French counterpart CNES have signed agreement to set up a joint maritime surveillance system in India in May 2019.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'http://www.mediafire.com/file/m8ece7555d51eoh/7Mar_ISRO%252C_French_space_agency_ink.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 8 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 409, 'title' => 'NASA for first time captures air-to-air images of supersonic shockwaves', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">NASA Scientists for first time have captured unprecedented colourised composite air-to-air images of interaction of shockwaves (sonic booms) produced from two supersonic aircrafts. These pictures will give boost to research in the aviation sector.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Key Findings</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">These images were captured during 4th phase of Air-to-Air Background Oriented Schlieren flights (AirBOS) which took place at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in US.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">They were captured using upgraded advanced, high-speed camera capable of capturing high-quality images of shockwaves (rapid pressure changes) which are produced when aircraft flies in supersonic mode (faster than speed of sound). </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">In this case, this advanced camera had photographed two supersonic T-38 jets that had flown just 30 feet apart below another plane.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Application:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> These images will be used to capture data crucial to confirming design of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology X-plane.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Quiet Supersonic Transport (QueSST) aircraft</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is initial design stage of planned Low Boom Flight Demonstration (LBFD)experimental airplane, otherwise known as an X-plane.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is the first in a series of ‘X-planes’ in NASA's New Aviation Horizons initiative. Its preliminary test was completed in June 2017.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It can fly at supersonic speeds without producing disruptive sonic boom associated with supersonic flights of the present day. Instead of sonic boom it will produce soft “thump” </span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Drawbacks of sonic booms</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">At present, supersonic commercial planes are not considered due to problem of sonic booms produced by them. Sonic booms can be major nuisance, capable of not just startling people on ground but also causing damage — like shattered windows. </span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'nasa-first-time-captures-air-to-air-images-supersonic-shockwaves', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/7ed4/xpvs79shbie3ab86g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/7ed4/xpvs79shbie3ab86g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'NASA for first time captures images of supersonic shockwaves', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, NASA Scientists, first time, capture, unprecedented colourised composite air-to-air images of interaction of shockwaves (sonic booms) produced from two supersonic aircrafts', 'metadescription' => 'NASA Scientists for first time have captured unprecedented colourised composite air-to-air images of interaction of shockwaves (sonic booms) produced from two supersonic aircrafts', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'http://www.mediafire.com/file/iedh5684ve39idr/9Mar_NASA_for_first_time_captures.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 9 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 410, 'title' => 'ChinaSat 6C: China launches new communications satellite', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">China successfully launched new communications satellite ChinaSat 6C into orbit. It was launched onboard of Long March-3B carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan Province. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">ChinaSat 6C Satellite </span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has been developed by China Academy of Space Technology. It will be operated by the China Satellite Communications Co, Ltd.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will be placed in geostationary orbit. It will provide high-quality radio and TV transmission services.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will cover region over China, Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific island countries.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Significance of Launch</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It marks 300th mission of Long March carrier rocket series developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">China had launched its first carrier rocket Long March-1 in April 1970 to send its first satellite, Dongfanghong 1 into space. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Since then, China has built 17 types of Long March rockets with five of them being retired, according to reports. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Long March carrier rocket series has been responsible for about 96.4% of all the space launch missions in China.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It took 37 years for Long March rockets to complete first 100 launches, 7.5 years to complete second 100 launches and only about 4 years to accomplish 300th launch.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its average number of launches per year have increased from 2.7 to 13.3 and then to 23.5 in this period.</span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'chinasat-6c-new-communications-satellite', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/46df/sr49z6t9mkkn0gm6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/46df/sr49z6t9mkkn0gm6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'ChinaSat 6C: China launches new communications satellite', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, China successfully launched new communications satellite ChinaSat 6C into orbit', 'metadescription' => 'China successfully launched new communications satellite ChinaSat 6C into orbit', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/arpaakswiy5w5fy/11Mar_ChinaSat_6C.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 10 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 447, 'title' => 'NGC 2808: New population of ultraviolet stars discovered', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Astronomers from Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai have identified new population of ultraviolet stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808. These starts were identified using Indian multi-wavelength space observatory AstroSat. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Globular clusters </span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">They are collections of thousands to millions of stars, moving as one unit. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">These stars are believed to have formed together at roughly the same time and are tightly held together by gravity of cluster itself.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Some globular clusters could be among the oldest objects in our Milky Way, which hosts over 150 of them.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It contains stars of different masses but with similar chemical composition. Its detail could reveal evolution of stars of different masses at different stages.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">NGC 2808</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is one of the most massive globular clusters know to humans. It is located at a distance of 47,000 light years from Earth. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was observed for first time by the team of researchers using UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on-board AstroSat.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">So far AstroSat has taken images of over 2,000 individual stars in NGC 2808 through various ultraviolet filters.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Significance</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">NGC2808 is special as optical observations have shown that it may have at least five different populations of stars. It is contrary to normal assumption that all stars in such clusters are of the same age.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">ASTROSAT</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is India’s first dedicated multi wavelength space observatory. It was launched in September 2015. It orbits in low earth equatorial orbit at altitude of 650 km.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has mission life of 5 years. It observes universe in the optical, Ultraviolet (UV), low and high energy X-ray regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is unique as compared to most other scientific satellites which are only capable of observing a narrow range of wavelength band.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It operationalisation is one of the major scientific missions of ISRO. India is among few nations like US, Japan, Russia and Europe to have its own space observatory.</span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'ngv-2808-new-population-ultraviolet-stars-discovered', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/808b/me68sx0gzgmemlp6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/808b/me68sx0gzgmemlp6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'NGC 2808: New population of ultraviolet stars discovered', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, NGC 2808: New population of ultraviolet stars discovered', 'metadescription' => 'Astronomers from Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai have identified new population of ultraviolet stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/87rtdt7dvmxtzam/13Mar_NGC_2808.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 11 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 454, 'title' => 'NASA’s lunar orbiter spots moving water molecules on Moon', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has spotted surface water molecules moving around dayside of Moon. Earlier it was believed that Moon was arid and water existed on it mainly as pockets in permanently shaded areas near poles. This finding will help scientists learn about accessibility of water that can be used by humans in future lunar missions.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Key Findings</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The presence of surface water was detected from measurements obtained from the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP), an instrument aboard the LRO.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was found that sparse layer of molecules temporarily stuck to surface of moon and helped to characterise lunar hydration changes over the course of a day.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Water molecules bound to the lunar soil, or regolith remain tightly bound to the regolith until surface temperatures peak near lunar noon.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The amount and locations of water vary based on time of day. It is more common at higher latitudes and tends to move around quickly as surface heats up.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Due to thermal desorption, water molecules can bounce to nearby cold location and stick to exosphere of Moon until temperatures drop and molecules return to the surface.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Significance</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Lunar hydration is tricky to measure from orbit due to complex way light reflects off the surface of the Moon. However, this discovery help scientists understand how water is bound to surface materials. It also revealed the amount of energy needed to remove water molecules from lunar materials. This water can potentially be used by astronauts in future to make fuel or for radiation shielding or thermal management.</span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'nasa-lunar-orbiter-spots-moving-water-molecules', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6a7c/ad80mud40j176076g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6a7c/ad80mud40j176076g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'NASA’s lunar orbiter spots moving water molecules on Moon', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, NASA’s lunar orbiter,Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, spots, moving, water molecules, Moon', 'metadescription' => 'NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has spotted surface water molecules moving around dayside of Moon. ', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/kxi68kspizrr509/13Mar_NASA_s_lunar_orbiter_spots.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 12 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 506, 'title' => 'IIT-Roorkee, ISRO ink MoU for Space Technology Cell', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Roorkee, Uttarakhand has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to set up an ISRO-IITR Space Technology Cell (STC) at IIT Roorkee. STC will cater to the specific needs of future technological and programmatic needs of Indian space programme.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">ISRO–IIT Roorkee Space Technology Cell </span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It aims to pursue advanced research in areas of relevance to future technological and programmatic needs of the Indian Space Programme.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">IIT Roorkee will be responsible for overall management of STC by providing required infrastructure, administrative and other support.<strong> </strong>It will devote its resources including human resources to this effect.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its activities will be directed to maximise use of research potential, infrastructure, expertise and experience that already exist in ISRO and IIT Roorkee.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its research facility will consist of faculty members, visiting scientists and experts, research personnel, technical, administrative and support staff.</span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'iit-roorkee-isro-mou-space-technology-cell', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/d6dc/dwqo5t502hcpaap6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/d6dc/dwqo5t502hcpaap6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'IIT-Roorkee, ISRO ink MoU for Space Technology Cell', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, IIT Roorkee, MoU, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO-IITR Space Technology Cell, STC', 'metadescription' => 'IIT Roorkee has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ISRO to set up an ISRO-IITR Space Technology Cell (STC) at IIT Roorkee', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/jiud9xbdf08ckc6/19_Mar_IIT-Roorkee%2C_ISRO_ink_MoU_for_Space.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 13 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 545, 'title' => 'EMISAT: ISRO to Launch Advanced Electronic Intelligence Satellite in April 2019', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch electronic intelligence satellite Emisat of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on 1 April 2019. It will be launched along with 28 third party satellites on board of new variant of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket with four strap-on motors. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Payloads</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The main passenger (payload) of this PSLV rocket will be DRDO's electronic intelligence satellite 'Emisat', weighing about 420 kg. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The remaining 28 satellites will cumulatively weigh about 250 kg. These satellites include 24 from US, 2 from Lithuania and one each from Spain and Switzerland).</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Significance of this mission </span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">ISRO for first time will demonstrate its new technologies like three different orbits with this new variant of PSLV rocket. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">In this case, this PSLV rocket will place satellites in three different orbits. It will first place Emisat Satellite at altitude of 763 km.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Then PSLV rocket will be brought down to put 28 satellites into orbit at altitude of 504 km.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Following that the rocket will be brought down further to 485 km where fourth stage will turn into payload platform carrying three experimental payloads. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">These experimental payloads will include (i) <strong>Automatic Identification System (AIS): </strong>It is from ISRO for Maritime satellite applications capturing messages transmitted from ships (ii) <strong>Automatic Packet Repeating System (APRS):</strong> It is from AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation), India. It will to assist amateur radio operators in tracking and monitoring position data and (iii) <strong>Advanced Retarding Potential Analyser for Ionospheric Studies (ARIS): It is</strong> from Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST). It will be used for structural and compositional studies of ionosphere.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The whole flight sequence will take around 180 minutes after rocket's lift off from </span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Emisat Satellite</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has been developed by DRDO. It is based on ISRO's Indian Mini Satellite-2 (IMS-2) bus platforms.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will be deployed for the task of discovering enemy radars and collecting imagery and communication intelligence.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Applications: </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will help to monitor activities of enemy radars and sensors deployed along the border. It will help to know the exact topography of enemy areas. It will provide communication intelligence to find out how many communication devices are active in an area</span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'isro-launch-advanced-electronic-intelligence-satellite-april-2019', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/af2d/g0qhsdssd315e1t6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/af2d/g0qhsdssd315e1t6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'ISRO to launch electronic intelligence satellite in April 2019', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, ISRO, launch,electronic intelligence satellite,Emisat,DRDO, ', 'metadescription' => 'ISRO will launch electronic intelligence satellite Emisat of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on 1 April 2019.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/zpdhfpi3eywlmt6/EMISAT.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 14 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 663, 'title' => 'ISRO successfully launches electronic intelligence satellite Emisat', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched electronic intelligence satellite Emisat and 28 other third party foreign satellites into their designated orbits. These satellites were launched on board of PSLV-C45 from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Payloads </span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The main passenger (payload) of this mission was DRDO's electronic intelligence satellite 'Emisat', weighing about 420 kg. The remaining 28 satellites cumulatively weigh about 250 kg included 24 from US, 2 from Lithuania and one each from Spain and Switzerland. Besides this, fourth and final stage of this PSLV rocket (PS4) was carrying three experimental payloads.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Unique features of this mission</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">PSLV-C45 was new variant of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket with four strap-on motors instead of six strap-on motors.. This was for first time, four strap-on motors were attached externally to main rocket to provide additional thrust, energy by firing midway during flight.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">ISRO for first time demonstrated its new rocket that injected satellites in <strong>three different orbits</strong> using multiple burn technology, where engine shut down and restarted multiple times within short period of time allowing rocket to course to the next orbit with the payloads. Second, fourth and last stage of rocket will function as satellite itself for some time, instead of being junk after ejecting payloads. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Launch Sequence </span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">PSLV rocket first placed Emisat Satellite at altitude of 763 km in sun synchronous orbit. Then it was brought down to put 28 satellites into orbit at altitude of 504 km. Following ejection of all satellite, the rocket was brought down further at 485 km where its fourth and final stage of rocket (PS4) was turned into payload platform carrying three experimental payloads. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Fourth stage of rocket (PS4) of PSLV C45</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">PS4 as experimental payload platform will stay alive in space for the next six months along with three scientific instruments. It will collect data and relay them to the ground station. This is for first time PS4 has been fitted with solar panels.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its experimental payloads includes (i) <strong>Automatic Identification System (AIS):</strong> It is from ISRO for Maritime satellite applications capturing messages transmitted from ships (ii) <strong>Automatic Packet Repeating System (APRS): </strong>It is from AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation), India. It will assist amateur radio operators in tracking and monitoring position data and (iii) <strong>Advanced Retarding Potential Analyser</strong> <strong>for Ionospheric Studies (ARIS):</strong> It is from Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST). It will be used for structural and compositional studies of ionosphere. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Note:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> This was for the second time ISRO has converted PS4 of PSLV rocket as satellite-like orbital platform. Earlier in January 2019, PSLV-C44 had carrying student satellite in its PS4 stayed alive for several hours — powered by batteries to help its payload conduct microgravity tests.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Emisat Satellite</span></span></span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has been developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). It is based on ISRO's Indian Mini Satellite-2 (IMS-2) bus platforms. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will be deployed for the task of discovering enemy radars and collecting imagery and communication intelligence.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its objective is to detect low power radar signals, which are typically used to track by low-altitude air-borne vehicles, including aircraft and drones. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It developed under Kautilya Project, a highly secret project approved by Defence Ministry.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Applications:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It will help to monitor activities of enemy radars and sensors deployed along the border. It will help to know the exact topography of enemy areas. It will provide communication intelligence to find out how many communication devices are active in an area.</span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'isro-successfully-launches-electronic-intelligence-satellite-emisat', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a662/ef9ot1sthm73opt6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a662/ef9ot1sthm73opt6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'ISRO launches electronic intelligence satellite Emisat', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, ISRO,launches, electronic intelligence satellite, Emisat, 28 third party satellites, PSLV C45', 'metadescription' => 'ISRO successfully launched electronic intelligence satellite Emisat and 28 other third party foreign satellites into their designated orbits', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/61w3snhi1i8vt34/ISRO_successfully_launches_electronic.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 15 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 659, 'title' => 'Tianlian II-01: China launches 2nd Generation Data Relay Satellite', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">China has successfully launched Tianlian II-01 data relay satellite into space. It is first satellite in series of second Generation Data Relay Satellite. It was launched on board of Long March-3B carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. It was overall 301st mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Tianlian II-01</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is first in series of second-generation data relay satellite. It has been developed by China Academy of Space Technology. Other two satellites of this network- Tianlian II-02 and Tianlian II-03 are in developmental stage.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will provide data relay network, control and measurement, transmission services for manned spacecraft, satellites, carrier rockets and other non-spacecraft users. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has faster data transfer and higher multi-objective service capability as compared to first-generation network offered by Tianlian I satellites. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its network will be used in more advanced space mission planning, system management and operations than first-generation network composed of Tianlian I satellites. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will play important role in improving transmission promptness, in-orbit security and mission flexibility for medium- and low-Earth orbiting satellites and manned spacecraft.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">1st Generation Tianlian relay satellites</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">China's first-generation data relay satellite network- Tianlian I system now has four operational satellites. The first of them Tianlian I-01 was launched in April 2008. They have serviced several important Chinese space activities such. They also had played important role in dockings between Tiangong I space lab and Shenzhou spaceships.</span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'tianlian-01-china-launches-2nd-generation-data-relay-satellite', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/5fa6/7sgk3rg8bvg3rd66g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/5fa6/7sgk3rg8bvg3rd66g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Tianlian II-01 China launches 2nd Generation Data Relay Satellite', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Tchnology Current Affairs, China, launches, first, second Generation, data relay satellite, ', 'metadescription' => ' China, launches, first, second Generation, data relay satellite, It is first satellite in series of second Generation Data Relay Satellite', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/7kmpeh0cxm11xmm/Tianlian_II-01.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 16 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 687, 'title' => 'Project Kuiper: Amazon to launch over 3,000 satellites to offer broadband internet', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Jeff Bezos led Amazon Inc has announced Project Kuiper to provide high speed internet by building network of over 3,236 satellites. In this regard, Amazon subsidiary Kuiper Systems LLC with help of US Federal Communications Commission has filed three sets of regulatory filings with International Telecommunications Union (ITU). ITU oversees global telecom satellite operations and allocates designated orbits to satellites.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Project Kuiper</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Under it, Amazon is planning to put constellation of 3,236 satellites in LEO— including 784 satellites at an altitude of 590 kilometers, 1,296 satellites at 610 kilometers and 1,156 satellites in 630-kilometer orbits.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The constellation of these satellites will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to people globally who lack basic access to broadband internet.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will provide data coverage for wide swath spots on Earth ranging in latitude from 56 degrees north to 56 degrees south where about 95% of world’s population lives.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Jeff Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin also signed deal with Canada’s Telesat to launch satellites of this constellation.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Private Internet Space race </span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">With this,</span> <span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Amazon joined race to provide broadband internet access around globe via thousands of satellites in LEO. Some of world’s best-known companies already are working for years on plans to provide low cost satellite based internet.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">SpaceX: Elon Musk led company has launched first two prototype satellites for its <strong>Starlink broadband data constellation</strong>. It aims to put more than 12,000 satellites in LEO to provide internet connectivity. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">OneWeb:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It is Airbus-backed and SoftBank Group funded project. It has launched first six broadband satellites launched in February 2019 and plans to put hundreds more in place over the next year or two. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Telesat:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It had put its first prototype broadband satellite in LEO in 2018 and plans to have hundreds more launched to provide first-generation broadband services by early 2020s.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Other players:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> Joint venture of Facebook, Boeing and Luxembourg-based LeoSat also have laid out plans for space-based internet access.</span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'project-kuiper-amazon-to-launch-3000-satellites-to-internet', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6901/r3e2dr2l19d23336g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6901/r3e2dr2l19d23336g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Amazon to launch over 3,000 satellites to offer internet -GK News', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, Jeff Bezos, Amazon Inc, Project Kuiper, provide high speed internet, network, 3,236 satellites', 'metadescription' => 'Jeff Bezos led Amazon Inc has announced Project Kuiper to provide high speed internet by building network of over 3,236 satellites. 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It shows bright-orange circular image with dark central region of black hole located at the centre of the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy in the Virgo galaxy cluster. It was taken by Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration in April 2017. This first image comes more than 100 years after these super-dense extreme-gravity regions of space-time were theorised as consequence of Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Black hole</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is super-dense extreme-gravity regions of space-time from where even light is unable to escape.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is formed mainly by massive collapsing of star after it starts extinguishing or dying.<strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The space-time around it gets incredibly bent that nothing is able to escape from its gravity</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Note:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> Black holes cannot be observed directly by any of the scientific instruments since they are completely ‘dark’ and do not emit or reflect any light, nor any other electromagnetic radiation.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Event Horizon Telescope </span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It comprises of eight radio telescopes — located in Hawaii and Mexico, in mountains of Arizona, in Spanish Sierra Nevada, in Atacama Desert of Chile and near South Pole in Antarctica. </span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Image capturing process</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The black hole, whose image was captured is at distance of 55 million light-years from earth. It has mass 6.5 billion times that of the Sun. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Astronomers had built elaborate and complex network of massive telescopes around the world and devise ingenious new techniques, to get first visual evidence of a black hole.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">They had captured very high frequency microwave radiation originating from near black hole 55 million years ago<strong>. </strong></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Each of these Event Horizon Telescope captured only small piece of area. The data from all those were then feeded into central super-computer which, over several months, created complete picture of black hole.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The outer orange disk in image of black hole represents the radiation being emitted by gases and other objects<strong> </strong>that exist just outside the black hole.<strong> </strong>The inner dark circular area in the image is actually the black hole.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'astronomers-release-first-ever-image-black-hole', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8094/np28l6lxod9b3v26g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8094/np28l6lxod9b3v26g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Astronomers release first-ever image of Black Hole', 'metakeyword' => 'Science and Technology Current Affairs, direct image, black hole, centre , Messier 87, M87 galaxy, Virgo galaxy cluster,', 'metadescription' => 'First direct image of black hole. 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It is designed to carry into space and drop rocket that will in turn, ignite to deploy satellites. It has world-record wingspan of 385 feet (117 meters).</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Stratolaunch Roc</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has been developed by US private company Strato Launch System owned by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has been nicknamed Roc after giant mythical bird. It aims to make access to orbit more affordable and accessible by launching satellites into space from aircraft, rather than from ground.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is made up of two identical Boeing 747 aircraft fuselages connected by a wing center section and made of lightweight composite materials</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has length of 73 m and wingspan of 117 m (longest in the world). It is powered by six Pratt & Whitney PW4056s engines, three engines side by side on the outer wings. It requires runway length of at least 3660 m to for flight.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has carrying capacity of 549,290 pounds (249,153 kilograms) payload with mission radius of approximately 2400 km to reach rocket launch point. Besides its range for freight transport is maximum of about 15,000 kms. </span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Benefits</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its launch architectures differ from traditional vertically launched rockets as this plane can carry rocket above densest part of atmosphere, before being released to launch to space. The advantage of such system is that it can take off from any runway that is long enough to accommodate plane, fly around bad weather if need be and launch satellite into any orbital inclination. This lowers cost needed to escape Earth’s atmosphere by utilizing less costly jet fuel and reusable carrier aircraft. It also offers more flexibility for launch inclinations than fixed launch pads.</span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'stratolaunch-roc-worlds-largest-aeroplane-makes-maiden-flight', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/18a0/d5jaer3zctplvxj6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/18a0/d5jaer3zctplvxj6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Stratolaunch Roc: World's largest aeroplane makes maiden flight', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, world's largest aeroplane, Stratolaunch, named Roc made its maiden test flight over Mojave Desert in California, United States.', 'metadescription' => 'The world's largest aeroplane named Roc, owned by Stratolaunch made its maiden test flight over Mojave Desert in California, United States', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/akpev8yt80n1q51/Stratolaunch_Roc.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 19 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 757, 'title' => 'CMFRI, ISRO ink MoU to protect smaller wetlands', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to map, validate and protect small wetlands by restoring them through coastal livelihood programmes. This is for first national instance of CMFRI is collaborating with the ISRO to develop a comprehensive climate resilient framework for fisheries and wetlands.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">As per the MoU </span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Both institutes will identify and demarcate wetlands, and restore the degraded wetlands through suitable livelihood options like coastal aquaculture.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">They will develop mobile app and centralised web portal with complete database of wetlands that are smaller than 2.25 hectares in the country</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The app will be used for real-time monitoring of the wetlands and giving advisories to stakeholders and coastal people.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The National Wetland Atlas, already developed by ISRO’s Space Applications Centre (SAC) will be updated with real-time data of physical, chemical and biological parameters of the wetlands to be provided by the CMFRI</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Background</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">This collaboration is part of national framework for fisheries and wetlands recently developed by National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) project of CMFRI. The NICRA project is aimed at finding ways and means to mitigate impact of climate change in marine fisheries and coastal region. The real-time data obtained through ISRO and CMFRI collaboration will greatly help developing conservation plan for degraded wetlands in the region besides utilising these resources for livelihood prospects such as shrimp and crab farming.</span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'cmfri-isro-ink-mou-to-protect-smaller-wetlands', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/5c47/q7ajb3akckhpd1d6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/5c47/q7ajb3akckhpd1d6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'CMFRI, ISRO ink MoU to protect smaller wetlands', 'metakeyword' => 'In National Current Affairs, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, CMFRI, MoU, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, map, validate, protect small wetlands ', 'metadescription' => 'Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to map, validate and protect small wetlands ', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/s2f970e90p8ko6d/CMFRI%2C_ISRO_ink_MoU.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 20 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 767, 'title' => 'Cabinet approves Continuation of Phase 4 of GSLV', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister has approved continuation of ongoing Phase 4 of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) programme consisting of five GSLV flights during the period 2021-2024. GSLV Programme - Phase 4 will enable launch of <strong>two tonne class of satellites</strong> for geo-imaging, navigation, data relay communication and space sciences. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Benefits</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will meet launch requirement of satellites for providing critical satellite navigation services, data relay communication for supporting Indian Human spaceflight programme and next interplanetary mission to Mars. It will also ensure continuity of production in Indian industry.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will meet demand for launch of satellites at frequency up to two launches per year, with maximal participation by Indian industry. All the operational flights will be completed during the period 2021-24.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Major impact</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The operationalization of GSLV has made the country self-reliant in launching capability of two tonne class of satellites for communication and meteorological applications. Continuation of GSLV Phase 4 Programme will sustain and strengthen capability and self-reliance in launching of similar satellites for national requirements including next generation navigation satellites, data relay communication satellites and interplanetary missions.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Background</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">GSLV Continuation Programme was sanctioned in 2003, and two phases already have been completed and third phase is in progress and expected to be completed by Q4 of 2020-21. It has enabled ISRO independent access to space for launching two tonne class of satellites to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). It has helped in mastering of highly complex cryogenic propulsion technology, which is essential technological capability to launch communication satellites to GTO. It also has paved way for development of high thrust Cryogenic engine and stage for next generation launch vehicle i.e. GSLV Mk-lll. GSLV so far has successfully launched 10 national satellites. With its indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage, GSLV has established itself as reliable launch vehicle for communication, navigation and meteorological satellites and also to undertake future interplanetary missions.</span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'cabinet-approves-continuation-phase-4-gslv', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/7c6b/y0xomaf1fu4z7x66g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/7c6b/y0xomaf1fu4z7x66g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Cabinet approves Continuation of Phase 4 of GSLV', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, Union Cabinet,Prime Minister, continuation, ongoing, Phase 4, Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) programme ', 'metadescription' => 'Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister has approved continuation of ongoing Phase 4 of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) programme ', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/6y36n6xau5amhjz/Cabinet_approves.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 21 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 805, 'title' => 'HeH+: Universe’s first molecule detected in space', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"><span style="color:black">Scientists for the first time ever have detected Universe’s most ancient type of molecule- Helium hydride ion (HeH+) in space. It was discovered in the envelope of planetary nebula NGC 7027 using GREAT spectrometer aboard onboard the flying observatory SOFIA.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"><span style="color:black">Helium hydride ion (HeH+) </span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"><span style="color:black">It was first molecule that formed almost 14 billion years ago, when temperatures of young universe had fallen below 4000 Kelvin. This had allowed recombination of light elements (hydrogen, helium, deuterium and traces of lithium) produced in Big Bang. At that time, ionized hydrogen and neutral helium atoms reacted to form HeH+ through process of nucleosynthesis in reverse order of their ionization potential.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"><span style="color:black">In this process, Helium first combined with free electrons to form first ever neutral atom. During this time, hydrogen was still ionized or present in form of bare protons. Helium atoms combined with these bare Hydrogen protons resulting in formation of helium hydride ion HeH+, the universe’s first molecular bond.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"><span style="color:black">As further this recombination process progressed, HeH+ reacted with then neutral hydrogen and created first path to formation of molecular hydrogen — marking beginning of modern universe.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"><span style="color:black">Significance of this discovery </span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"><span style="color:black">Despite importance of HeH+ in history of the early Universe, it has so far escaped detection in astrophysical nebulae — cloud of gas and dust in outer space. The lack of definitive evidence of its very existence in interstellar space was dilemma for astronomy for long time. The discovery is demonstration of nature’s tendency to form molecules.</span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'universe-first-molecule-detected-in-space', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8f8d/hhz1se3fl222sh86g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8f8d/hhz1se3fl222sh86g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'HeH+: Universe’s first molecule detected in space', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, Scientists, first time,detect, Universe’s, most ancient, type of molecule, Helium hydride ion, HeH+ in space', 'metadescription' => 'Scientists for the first time ever have detected Universe’s most ancient type of molecule- Helium hydride ion (HeH+) in space.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => '', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 22 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 821, 'title' => 'Scientists develop Vacuum Extinguish Method', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Scientists from Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan have developed Vacuum Extinguish Method (VEM), a novel fire extinguisher for use in space environments that sucks in flame as well as combustion product.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Vacuum Extinguish Method (VEM) </span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its working is completely based on "reverse" operation of widely-used fire extinguisher, namely, spraying extinguisher agents into firing point. It sucks fire flames as well as combustion product, even fire source, by vacuum into vacuum chamber to remove firing matters from space of interest. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Potential Applications:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It is suitable for special environments that are highly enclosed such as space vehicles and submarines to prevent or suppress spreading harmful combustion products such as fume, toxic gas component, particulate matters across entire enclosed cabin It has special advantageous for space use, preferable in extreme vacuum environment.</span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'vacuum-extinguish-method', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/77dc/vhoc47g77a4acca6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/77dc/vhoc47g77a4acca6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Scientists develop Vacuum Extinguish Method', 'metakeyword' => ' Vacuum Extinguish Method, VEM, Novel Fire Extinguisher, space environments, flame, combustion product', 'metadescription' => 'Vacuum Extinguish Method novel fire extinguisher, space environments, sucks flame as well as combustion product', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/teqj24dm5fd7vij/Scientists_develop_Vacuum.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 23 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 788, 'title' => 'NepaliSat-1: Nepal launches its 1st satellite into space', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Nepal has successfully launched its first satellite named NepaliSat-1 into space from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s East Shore in United States. The satellite was indigenously developed by Nepalese scientists. It was launched along with other BIRDS-3 satellites from Japan and Raavana-1 (Sri Lanka’s first satellite). The satellite will be stationed at International Space Station (ISS) for month and then it will be sent to orbit the earth.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">NepaliSat-1 </span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has been developed by two scientists from Nepal Academy of Science and Technology under the BIRDS project of Japanese Kyushu Institute of Technology. It is cube satellite that weighs 1.3 kg. It be placed low orbit at 400-km distance from Earth's surface. It will revolve around the earth four times a day. It is expected to take pictures of Nepal for six to 10 minutes during each revolution. It has lifespan of at least six months. It will take photographs on regular basis to gather geographical information of Nepal.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Note:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> BIRDS project has been designed Japan in association with United Nations (UN). It aims at helping countries launch their first satellite.</span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'nepalisat-1-nepal-launches-1st-satellite-into-space', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/98b2/dcqrbwc6319vb2z6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/98b2/dcqrbwc6319vb2z6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'NepaliSat-1: Nepal launches its 1st satellite into space', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, Nepal, launches, first satellite, NepaliSat-1, space, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility,Virginia’s East Shore ,United States', 'metadescription' => 'Nepal has successfully launched its first satellite named NepaliSat-1 into space from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s East Shore in United States.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/ni4j0e5ju2amc33/NepaliSat-1.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 24 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 783, 'title' => 'Raavana-1: Sri Lanka launches its first Satellite', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Sri Lanka successfully launched its first satellite named ‘Raavana-1’ into the space. It was launched on board of Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. It was launched along with other BIRDS-3 satellites from Japan and NepaliSAT-1 (Nepal’s first satellite).</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Raavana-1</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is research satellite designed and built at Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan by two Sri Lankan research engineers.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It weights around 1.05 kg and measuring 11.3 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm in dimensions. It has lifespan of the satellite is around one and a half years.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is expected to orbit 400 km away from earth and perform five missions including the capturing of pictures of Sri Lanka and its surrounding regions.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its Lora Demonstration Mission will validate module to be used to data download next satellites. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its Attitude Determination and Control Mission will involve reduction of angular velocity of the satellite using magnetic torquers.</span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'raavana-1-sri-lanka-launches-first-satellite', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ee6d/lg1ylps7d3un3qh6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ee6d/lg1ylps7d3un3qh6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Raavana-1: Sri Lanka launches its first Satellite', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, Sri Lanka successfully launched its first satellite named ‘Raavana-1’ into the space', 'metadescription' => 'Sri Lanka successfully launched its first satellite named ‘Raavana-1’ into the space', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/vsw2fprfrhs32uu/Raavana-1.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 25 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 808, 'title' => 'NASA’s TESS finds 1st Earth-size exoplanet', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-sized exoplanet named HD 21749c. It is the smallest world outside our solar system that has been identified by TESS so far. Moreover, it is the second planet to be identified by TESS after HD 21749b, a warm “sub-Neptune” with 36-day orbit.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">HD 21749c</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has about 89% of Earth’s diameter. It orbits HD 21749, a K-type star with about 70% of Sun’s mass. It is located 53 light years away from Earth in southern constellation Reticulum. It does not have good life-hosting potential as it circles its host star very tightly and close to it, completing one orbit every 7.8 Earth days, which probably makes it quite hot. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">TESS which was launched just about a year ago is already a game-changer in the planet-hunting business. TESS total tally is likely to end up topping that of Kepler has found about 70% of the 4,000 exoplanets discovered to date.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is space telescope launched as part of NASA's Explorers program. It was launched in April 2018 for two-year mission atop Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is aimed at searching for exoplanets using transit method in an area 400 times larger than that covered by its predecessor Kepler mission.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its primary mission objective is to survey brightest stars near Earth for transiting exoplanets. It uses array of wide-field cameras to perform survey of 85% of the sky.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It finds large number of small planets around nearest stars in sky as compared to previous sky surveys with ground-based telescopes which have mainly detected giant exoplanets</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Significance of TESS</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">With TESS, it will be possible to study mass, size, density and orbit of large cohort of small planets, including sample of rocky planets in habitable zones (or Goldilocks zone) of their host stars.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It also provides prime targets for further characterization by James Webb Space Telescope, as well as to other large ground-based and space-based telescopes of the future.</span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'nasa-tess-finds-1st-earth-size-exoplanet', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c1e5/w36bn2covd3zgw76g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c1e5/w36bn2covd3zgw76g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'NASA’s TESS finds 1st Earth-size exoplanet', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, NASA,Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, discovered,first, Earth-sized, exoplanet,HD 21749c', 'metadescription' => 'NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-sized exoplanet named HD 21749c', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/164tj57vvchwtvl/NASA%C6s_TESS_finds.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 26 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 751, 'title' => 'SpaceX launches its first commercial flight with Falcon Heavy Rokect', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Elon Musk led US space company SpaceX has carried out its first commercial launch of its reusable Falcon Heavy rocket. It achieved this feat by placing 13,000-pound Saudi Arabian telecommunication satellite is operated by Arabsat into its designated orbit after it was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was also for the first time that all three reusable boosters of rocket returned safely to Earth. Saudi satellite telecom satellite will provide television, internet and mobile phone service to the Middle East, Africa and Europe.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Falcon Heavy Rocket</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is partially reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is derived from Falcon 9 vehicle and consists of strengthened Falcon 9 first stage as central core with two additional first stages as strap-on boosters. It strength equals to three Falcon 9 rockets.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It can lift payload having total weight of 64 tons into the orbit, highest payload capacity of any currently operational launch vehicle.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was initially designed with an aim of sending humans to Moon or Mars, but now is being considered mainly as potential equipment carrier for deep space destinations.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">First successful launch:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It was in February 2018, when it had launched SpaceX founder Elon Musk's red Tesla roadster car into orbit as test. The electric car was outfitted with mannequin dressed in spacesuit.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'spacex-launches-first-commercial-flight-falcon-heavy-rokect', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/548e/i42r1xh7xd9z45c6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/548e/i42r1xh7xd9z45c6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'launches its first commercial flight with Falcon Heavy Rocket', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology, Current Affairs, Elon Musk,US space company, SpaceX, first commercial launch, reusable, Falcon Heavy rocket. ', 'metadescription' => 'Elon Musk led US space company SpaceX has carried out its first commercial launch of its reusable Falcon Heavy rocket.', 'author' => null, 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/sdjnftcnvnjq2ta/SpaceX_launches_its_first.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 27 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 848, 'title' => 'Marsquake recorded for first time byInSight lander', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">NASA's robotic InSight lander has recorded a Mars Quake for the first time ever on the red planet. The quake was detected by seismometer called ‘SEIS’ placed by InSight had on Martian surface in December 2018.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Note:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It is not first extra-terrestrial seismic activity detected by scientists. Five seismometers already have operated on Moon between 1969 and 1977 and measured thousands of moonquakes. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Cause of </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">MarsQuake</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Scientists still are examining data to determine exact cause of seismic activities. They believe that seismic activity on Mars is related to ongoing cooling of interior of the planet, which is causing the planet to contract. This is resulting in build-up of stress, which is released by break in crust that generates earthquake. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Similar process is expected to occur on the Moon, but like Moon, Mars does not have tectonic plates and therefore is expected to be much quieter in terms of seismic activity than Earth.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Significance</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">This is the first recorded trembling that appears to have come from inside Mars as opposed to being caused by forces above the surface, such as wind. Studying Mars seismology will provide important information about interior of planet and how it was formed.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">NASA’s InSight Lander Mission</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) is robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of the planet Mars.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was manufactured by Lockheed Martin and is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The mission launched in May 2018 and successfully landed at Elysium Planitia on Mars on November 2018. 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The lander will touch down near Moon's south pole on 6th September, 2019, two months after launch. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Orbiter and Lander have been interfaced mechanically and stacked together as an integrated module and accommodated inside the GSLV MK-III launch vehicle. Rover will be housed inside the Lander.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Once spacecraft is launched into Earth's orbit by GSLV, Chandrayaan-2 integrated module will be released. 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It will be launched on board PSLV-C46 from first launchpad of Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About RISAT Series</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">RISAT-2</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">ISRO had deployed first RISAT satellted in orbit on April 20, 2009. It was dubbed as <strong>RISAT-2</strong>. It mainly used X-band-synthetic aperture radars (SAR) to provide Indian armed forces with all-weather surveillance and observation to notice any potential threat or malicious activity around the nation’s borders. 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It provides major advantage of viewing the sun without any occultation/ eclipses,</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Aditya L1<strong> </strong>will be first satellite in the world to study magnetic field of the sun’s corona. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The satellite will carry seven payloads including the main payload Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VLEC).</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will study dynamic nature of sun’s outer most layers, corona and chromosphere and collect data about Coronal Mass Ejections (CME).</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will study about origin of solar storms and their path through interplanetary space from Sun to the Earth. 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The main objective of this mission is to test systems that will allow mankind to protect the planet from potential cosmic body impacts in the future.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">DART Planetary-Defence Mission</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is planned space probe (spacecraft) that will demonstrate kinetic impactor technique of crashing an impactor spacecraft into asteroid moon for planetary defense purposes. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is intended to test whether spacecraft impact could successfully deflect asteroid on a collision course with Earth</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The DART spacecraft will be launched in June 2021 on board of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, US. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It will hit into “Didymoon”, a 165 meters satellite of near-Earth asteroid Didymos in October 2022 at a speed about 6 km/s i.e. about nine times faster than a bullet.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Scientists will observe impact using telescopes and measure change in Didymoon’s orbit around its asteroid. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">After the impact it will able to see whether the asteroid moon moves its path by just fraction of per cent, which will be enough to deflect any future asteroids that posses threat to Earth.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Asteroid Didymos</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">In Greek-Didymos means twin. It is asteroid binary system that consists of two bodies: Didymos A (about 780 metres in size), and Didymos B (about 160 metres in size), smaller asteroid or moonlet orbiting Didymos A. It is located at about 4 million miles from Earth. It poses no threat to Earth, that why was chosen by NASA as test target to demonstrate kinetic impactor technique.</span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'dart-nasa-first-planetary-defence-technology', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/904e/bgiz7ujwh2osq8v6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/904e/bgiz7ujwh2osq8v6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'DART: NASA’s first Planetary Defence Technology', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, NASA, first mission, demonstrate planetary defence technique, DART, hit asteroid, Didymos, 2022', 'metadescription' => 'NASA’s first mission to demonstrate planetary defence technique- Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will hit small moonlet in binary asteroid system Didymos in 2022', 'author' => 'Miss Kavita', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/6j89ctqfpd1375t/DART.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 33 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1180, 'title' => 'RISAT-2B: ISRO successfully launches radar imaging satellite', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched radar imaging satellite RISAT-2B. It was launched on-board Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C46) from first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. In this mission, 'Core-Alone' configuration of PSLV was flown without the use of solid strap-on motors.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">RISAT-2B </span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is radar imaging earth observation satellite weighing about 615 kg. <strong>RISAT</strong> stands for Radar Imaging Satellite. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will be replacement of RISAT-2. It will have a mission life of five years. It will be placed in Low Earth Orbit.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is fourth satellite of RISAT programme. It has advanced technology of 3.6m radial rib antenna.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It uses synthetic aperture radar like its predecessors that can take pictures known as radar images of the earth during day and night, and also under adverse weather (cloudy) conditions.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Synthetic Aperture Radar (X band radar): </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It send out hundreds of large wavelength radio signals every second towards subject (in this case earth) and capture reflected signals to create a radio image, which can then be used by computers to build a real image. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">As large wavelength radio waves are not obstructed by clouds, dust or similar other obstacles in atmosphere, they produce reliable images during day and night and all seasons even in adverse weather conditions. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Significance:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> Unlike usual remote sensing and optical imaging satellites, a radar imaging satellite can penetrate through thick cloud cover and identify hidden objects on the ground.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Applications:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It has been developed for military reconnaissance and general surveillance purposes. It will also be used in fields of agriculture, forestry and disaster management support.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">RISAT series</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Two satellites in RISAT series already have been launched by ISRO. RISAT-2 was the first one to be launched in 2009, while RISAT-1, which had got delayed, was launched in 2012. RISAT-1 is no longer operational.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">RISAT-2:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It was placed in orbit in 2009. It was RISAT-1’s replacement, a microwave remote sensing satellite launched in 2012. It was actively used India to monitor activities in camps across border in Pakistan to thwart infiltration bids by terrorists.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Future mission</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">ISRO will launch five RISAT-series satellites in coming one year. These satellites will be of different types and will be named as Risat-2BR1, Risat-2BR2, Risat-1A and thereon Risat-1B and Risat2A. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Need for radar imaging satellites with all-weather capabilities</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">With increased activities of infiltrators along Pakistan border, India needs more eye in the sky to keep an eye on terrorist launchpads and their hideouts. Moreover, surveillance satellites are also needed to monitor increasing activities of Chinese warships in Indian Ocean. </span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'risat-2b-radar-imaging-satellite', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/5b59/2ue52xoi5o2w28x6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/5b59/2ue52xoi5o2w28x6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'RISAT-2B: ISRO successfully launches radar imaging satellite', 'metakeyword' => 'ISRO, launches, radar imaging satellite, RISAT-2B. Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle,PSLV-C46, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh', 'metadescription' => 'ISRO, launches, radar imaging satellite, RISAT-2B. Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle,PSLV-C46, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/lts5htoteq4lj01/IAF_tests.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 34 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1211, 'title' => 'Starlink Internet: SpaceX launches 60 Satellites', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Elon Musk led Private rocket company SpaceX has launched first batch of 60 small satellites into low-Earth orbit (550km) as part of its new Starlink internet service project. The satellites were launched on board of reusable Falcon 9 rocket. It was SpaceX’s heaviest launch to date at about 13,620 kilograms (each of 60 satellites weigh 227 kilograms). Moreover, it was first large scale deployment of SpaceX’s Starlink constellation. To become operational, SpaceX’s starline needs six more such launches and further six for significant coverage around most of Earth. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Starlink </span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is Elon Musk led-SpaceX’s ambitious project to develop low-cost, high-performance satellite bus to provide space-based Internet communication system. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is being implemented by SpaceX’s satellite development facility in Redmond, Washington. Its purpose is to provide high-speed satellite internet across Earth around the clock.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Its development was started in 2015 and two prototype test-flight satellites were launched in February 2018.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Under it, SpaceX is planning to deploy nearly 12,000 satellites in three orbital shells by mid-2020s: initially placing approximately 1600 in 550-kilometer altitude shell, subsequently placing ~2800 Ku- and Ka-band spectrum sateliites at 1,150 km and 7500 V-band satellites at 340 km.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'starlink-internet-spacex-60-satellites', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/010c/h9llz73bwl0jxgb6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/010c/h9llz73bwl0jxgb6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Starlink Internet: SpaceX launches 60 Satellites', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs,Elon Musk, SpaceX,first batch,60 small satellites, low-Earth orbit, new Starlink internet service project.', 'metadescription' => 'Elon Musk led Private rocket company SpaceX has launched first batch of 60 small satellites into low-Earth orbit as part of its new Starlink internet service project.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/nhlccphif7vbhby/Starlink_Internet.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 35 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1212, 'title' => 'NewSpace India Limited: ISRO launches new commercial arm', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) new commercial arm -NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) was officially inaugurated in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Its main objective is to scale up industry participation in Indian space programmes. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) </span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was incorporated on March 6 2019 by Department of Space (DoS) for commercially utilising research and development activities carried out by ISRO in the area of space.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is DoS’s second commercial entity in ISRO after Antrix Corporation Limited, which was set up in September 1992 to market products and services of ISRO.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Capital: It is provided an authorised share capital worth Rs.100 crore and initial paid up capital of Rs.10 crore. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Functions:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It will act as aggregator for all space related activities in industry and develop private entrepreneurship in space related technologies. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will be responsible for production and manufacturing of commercially successful Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) and Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) spacecraft launchers via technology transfer mechanisms. It will cater to emerging global market demand of commercial SSLV</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will also provide satellite building and satellite-based services which includes outsource assembly of small satellites and upcoming SSLV, supply of sub-systems for various domestic and international application needs. It will also enable space technology spin-offs via Indian industry interface. </span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'isro-newspace-india-limited-commercial-arm', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/b8a3/2gpi4wswd227fa76g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/b8a3/2gpi4wswd227fa76g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'NewSpace India Limited: ISRO launches new commercial arm', 'metakeyword' => 'ISRO's new commercial arm -NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) was officially inaugurated in Bengaluru, Karnataka', 'metadescription' => 'ISRO new commercial arm -NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) was officially inaugurated in Bengaluru, Karnataka', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/dyji5lz2y5lyfbq/NewSpace_India.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 36 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1271, 'title' => 'ISRO to set up Space Technology Cell at IIT Guwahati', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed MoU with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati to set up a Space Technology Cell (IITG-ISRO STC) within the premise of IIT Guwahati. It will be first-of-its-kind STC in northeast region to improve research and capacity building processes in the field of space technology. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">IITG-ISRO STC</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will constitute of faculty members from IIT Guwahati, visiting scientists and experts from ISRO, research students and technical staff.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will serve as platform for motivating and involving undergraduate, post graduate students and research scholars and orient them towards the realms of space-research activities.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">By setting up STC, IIT Guwahati aims to initiate collaborative research activities involving faculty members and ISRO scientists, for short term and long-term solutions to challenging space-research problems. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It also aspire to partner with ISRO for performing cutting edge research not only catering to socio-economic needs of Northeast but also to contribute towards the basic research activities of various ISRO projects across India.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'isro-space-technology-cell-iit-guwahati', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c3a1/chu44ekmk96vbc46g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c3a1/chu44ekmk96vbc46g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'ISRO to set up Space Technology Cell at IIT Guwahati', 'metakeyword' => 'ISRO to set up Space Technology Cell at IIT Guwahati', 'metadescription' => 'ISRO to set up Space Technology Cell at IIT Guwahati, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed MoU with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/p0355ofs0jxfjl9/ISRO_to_set_up_Space_Technology_Cell_at_IIT_Guwahati.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 37 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1459, 'title' => 'ISRO to launch Indian Space Station', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has unveiled its plan to build its own space station-<strong> Indian Space Station</strong> in low earth orbit (LEO) to conduct microgravity experiments in space in 5 to 7 years. The detailed project report on setting up a space station and its modalities will be submitted to Government after the Gaganyaan mission. At present, only three countries have or had their own space stations so far viz. US, Russia, China and consortium of nations that own International Space Station (ISS).</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Indian Space Station</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">This project will be an extension of the Gangayaan mission. It will be smaller than the existing ISS and is expected to have a payload of 20 tonnes (whereas, ISS weighs 420 tonnes). </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Its size will be little more than two Gaganyaan crew modules. It will serve as a facility where astronauts can stay for 15-20 days and conduct microgravity experiments. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is expected to be placed altitude of 400 kilometres from earth. It will be solely India’s own project and there will be no collaboration with any other country for this project.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Comment </span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">According to ISRO, prospects of setting up Indian space station will depend on successes Gaganyaan mission (India’s first human spaceflight programme scheduled for 2022). Under this mission, ISRO will be sending two to three Indian astronauts in space for a period of up to seven days before India celebrates its 75 anniversary of its independence. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">International Space Station</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is a joint project between five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), Roscosmos (Russia) and CSA (Canada).</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is habitable artificial satellite in low Earth orbit (LEO) and is the largest human-made body in this orbit.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It consists of pressurised habitation modules, solar arrays, structural trusses, radiators, experiment bays, docking ports and robotic arms.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It maintains orbit with an altitude of between 330 and 435 by means of re-boost manoeuvres. It circles Earth in roughly 92 minutes and completes 15.5 orbits per day<strong>.</strong></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Purpose: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It serves as microgravity and space environment research laboratory in which crew members conduct experiments in human biology, biology, Astronomy, Physics, meteorology, and other fields.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'isro-launch-indian-space-station', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/65c3/613emmltwmg3v7g6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/65c3/613emmltwmg3v7g6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'ISRO to launch Indian Space Station', 'metakeyword' => 'Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has unveiled its plan to build its own space station- Indian Space Station in low earth orbit (LEO) to conduct microgravity experiments in space in 5 to 7 years', 'metadescription' => 'Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has unveiled its plan to build its own space station- Indian Space Station in low earth orbit (LEO) to conduct microgravity experiments in space in 5 to 7 years', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/7w0j36f7bww39oo/ISRO_to_launch.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 38 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1495, 'title' => 'Raavana-1: Sri Lanka’s first satellite successfully placed in orbit', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Sri Lanka's first ever satellite Raavana 1 was launched successfully into orbit from International Space Station along (ISS) with two other BIRDS 3 satellites. These satellites were launched in February 2019 on board of Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launched from Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. It was launched along with other BIRDS-3 satellites from Japan and NepaliSAT-1 (Nepal’s first satellite).</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About Raavana-1 Satellite </span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is research satellite designed and built at Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan by two Sri Lankan research engineers.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was designed and developed under BIRDS 3 Project by two Sri Lankan engineers Dulani Chamika and Tharindu Dayaratne studying space engineering at Japan’s Kyushu Institute of Technology.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is cube satellite weighing around 1.05 kg and measuring 11.3 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm in dimensions. It has lifespan of the satellite is around one and a half years. It is expected to orbit 400 km away from earth.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will perform five missions including the capturing of pictures of Sri Lanka and its surrounding regions. Its Lora Demonstration Mission will validate module to be used to data download next satellites. Its Attitude Determination and Control Mission will involve reduction of angular velocity of satellite using magnetic torquers.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About BIRDS 3 Project</span></span></strong> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is an acronym for ‘Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project’. It is a cross-border interdisciplinary satellite project supported by Japan for non-space faring countries. It is led by Japan’s Kyushu Institute of Technology. It aims at creating indigenous space program of countries by designing, building, operating, testing and launching first satellite for participating nations.</span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'raavana-1-sri-lanka-1st-satellite', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a2d7/nkh3xvpot22n6fw6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a2d7/nkh3xvpot22n6fw6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Sri Lanka’s first satellite successfully placed in orbit', 'metakeyword' => 'Sri Lanka's first ever satellite Raavana 1 was launched successfully into orbit from International Space Station along (ISS) with two other BIRDS 3 satellites. ', 'metadescription' => 'Sri Lanka's first ever satellite Raavana 1 was launched successfully into orbit from International Space Station along (ISS) with two other BIRDS 3 satellites. ', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/a0d72r8qycn7bew/Raavana-1.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 39 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1538, 'title' => 'ESA tests Lunar Evacuation System', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">NASA astronauts tested Evacuation System Assembly (LESA) designed by European Space Agency (ESA) to assist in astronaut rescue missions on surface of Moon. It is claimed to be world’s first device aimed to help future incapacitated astronauts.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Testing:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It was tested recently under sea as the bottom of ocean floor which is rocky, sandy terrain and warm salty water bears much more similarity with lunar surface.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Lunar Evacuation System Assembly (LESA)</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It has been developed by the European Space Agency (ESA). It is a pyramid-like structure designed to rescue an astronaut should he or she suffer an injury on the lunar surface.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">How LESA Works?</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It enables astronaut to lift their crewmate onmobile stretcher in less than 10 minutes and carry them to safety of nearby pressurised lander.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Currently, astronauts wear heavy extravehicular activity (EVA) suit, wich makes it is impossible for fellow crewmate to carry the injured astronaut over their shoulder while wearing an EVA suit.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Benefits of LESA:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It can be operated just by single astronaut thus ensuring rapid and safe rescue of injured astronaut. It can be transported on smaller vechiles like golf caddy and placed close to fallen astronaut. </span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'esa-tests-lunar-evacuation-system', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/bff4/y1yb3z327puwm1n6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/bff4/y1yb3z327puwm1n6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'ESA test Lunar Evacuation System', 'metakeyword' => 'NASA astronauts tested Evacuation System Assembly (LESA) designed by European Space Agency (ESA) to assist in astronaut rescue missions on surface of Moon.', 'metadescription' => 'NASA astronauts tested Evacuation System Assembly (LESA) designed by European Space Agency (ESA) to assist in astronaut rescue missions on surface of Moon.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/4z713qlcaza7a39/ESA_tests.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 40 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1577, 'title' => 'L 98-59b: NASA’s TESS discovers new planet', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered new planet named L 98-59b. Its size is between of Mars and Earth i.e. around 80% Earth’s size. It is far tiniest finds of TESS. It orbits a bright, cool, nearby star named L 98-59. The host star is about one-third the mass of Sun and lies about 35 light-years away. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Other Findings</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Apart from L 98-59b, two other planets L 98-59c and L 98-59d also orbit L 98-59. L 98-59c and L 98-59d, are around 1.4 and 1.6 times Earth’s size. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Signifcance of Discovery: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is great engineering and scientific accomplishment for TESS. Such small planets are difficult to detect as they have short orbits around bright stars. This planetary system has the potential for fascinating future studies. Further study with other telescopes of this planetary system and planets in needed to determine whether they have atmospheres and, if so, which gases are present.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is space telescope launched as part of NASA's Explorers program. It was launched in April 2018 for two-year mission atop Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is aimed at searching for exoplanets using transit method in an area 400 times larger than that covered by its predecessor Kepler mission.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Its primary mission objective is to survey brightest stars near Earth for transiting exoplanets. It uses array of wide-field cameras to perform survey of 85% of the sky.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It finds large number of small planets around nearest stars in sky as compared to previous sky surveys with ground-based telescopes which have mainly detected giant exoplanets</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Significance of TESS: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">With TESS, it is possible to study mass, size, density and orbit of large cohort of small planets, including sample of rocky planets in habitable zones (or Goldilocks zone) of their host stars. It also provides prime targets for further characterization by James Webb Space Telescope, as well as to other large ground-based and space-based telescopes of the future.</span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'l98-59b-nasa-tess-new-planet', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/abf8/5zfqug0zc094jza6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/abf8/5zfqug0zc094jza6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'L 98-59b: NASA’s TESS discovers new planet', 'metakeyword' => 'NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered new planet named L 98-59b. Its size is between of Mars and Earth i.e. around 80% Earth’s size.', 'metadescription' => 'NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered new planet named L 98-59b. Its size is between of Mars and Earth i.e. around 80% Earth’s size.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/12v4pzpxn8e4bc3/L_98-59b_NASA%C6s_TESS_discovers_new_planet.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 41 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1610, 'title' => 'PUNCH mission: NASA selects Dipankar Banerjee as Co-Investigator', 'description' => '<h2 style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">NASA has selected Indian solar physicist from Indian Institute of Astrophysics Dipankar Banerjee as a Co-Investigator of its PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission which will image the Sun. It also has selected Texas-based Southwest Research Institute to lead its PUNCH mission.</span></span></span></span></h2> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About PUNCH Mission</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is expected to be launched in 2022. It will consist of constellation of four suitcase-sized microsats that will orbit Earth in formation. It will study how Sun’s corona (which is the atmosphere of the Sun), connects with the interplanetary medium.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Mission Objective:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It will image regions beyond the Sun’s outer corona. It will also image and track the solar wind and also coronal mass ejections.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Coronal mass ejections (CMS): It is huge masses of plasma that get thrown out of Sun’s atmosphere. It can affect and drive space weather events near Earth.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Significance:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It will enhance other solar mission such as NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and ESA-NASA joint project, Solar Orbiter by tracking structures of Sun’s atmosphere in real time. Since Sun’s corona is much fainter than its surface layers, it cannot be viewed by instruments directly. So PUNCH Mission will block out light from the Sun to view its corona and the structures in it.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">India’s Aditya-L1 Mission</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">India is planning to send up its own satellite Aditya-L1, a mission to study Sun’s corona. Prof. Banerjee is the co-Chair of the Science Working Group for Aditya-L1 mission. PUNCH mission team is also plans to observe Sun using joint observations from PUNCH and Indian mission Aditya, which is underway. </span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'nasa-punch-mission-dipankar-banerjee', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/dae0/qhskqv4eculk31s6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/dae0/qhskqv4eculk31s6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Dipankar Banerjee selected as coinvestigator for PUNCH mission', 'metakeyword' => 'NASA has selected Indian solar physicist from Indian Institute of Astrophysics Dipankar Banerjee as a Co-Investigator of its PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission', 'metadescription' => 'NASA has selected Indian solar physicist from Indian Institute of Astrophysics Dipankar Banerjee as a Co-Investigator of its PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/klongnra2hg2dgz/PUNCH_mission.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 42 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1609, 'title' => 'FRB 180924: Astronomers for first time determine source of Fast Radio Bursts', 'description' => '<h2 style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">A team of international astronomers for the first time have determined the precise source of a single/ one-off fast radio bursts (FRBs) of cosmic radio waves. The signal has been named FRB 180924 after date of detection. It is believed to be originated in the outskirts of Milky Way-sized galaxy roughly 3.6 billion light-years from Earth. Pinning down exact source of this signal will help scientists to finally understand what causes these one-off FRBs.</span></span></span></span></h2> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Significance: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It's only the second fast radio burst (FRB) ever to have been traced to location. The first such signal, called FRB 121102. It also special case, because it bursts repeatedly and locating exact source of one-off FRB presented a much more difficult challenge.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Fast radio bursts (FRBs)</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">They are intense bursts of radio emission that have durations of milliseconds. They exhibit characteristic dispersion sweep of radio pulsars. Their flash is for only micro-instant but can emit as much energy in millisecond as the Sun does in 10,000 years. The first FRB was discovered in 2007 ad so far over 80 have been detected. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Reasons for FRBs:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> The exact cause creating these high-energy surges of long waves at far end of the electromagnetic spectrum is subject of intense debate. However, scientists now agree that they originate in far away galaxies. Until FRBs are localised to host galaxy, or confirmed at other wavelengths, their origin will remain controversial.</span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'source-fast-radio-bursts', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/b5ea/6b4o6m8i9x8fg666g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/b5ea/6b4o6m8i9x8fg666g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Astronomers for first time determine source of Fast Radio', 'metakeyword' => 'international astronomers for the first time have determined the precise source of a single/ one-off fast radio bursts (FRBs) of cosmic radio waves.', 'metadescription' => 'international astronomers for the first time have determined the precise source of a single/ one-off fast radio bursts (FRBs) of cosmic radio waves.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/3w93xs39744j0lg/FRB_180924_Fast_Radio_Bursts.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 43 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1608, 'title' => 'NASA to launch Dragonfly Mission to Titan', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that it will send a multi-rotor vehicle called Dragonfly to Saturn’s largest moon Titan. It will be launched in 2026 and will arrive at its destination in 2034. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Dragonfly mission</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is part of NASA’s quest to search for building blocks of life and will aim towards collecting samples and examining sites around Titan. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Mission Objective:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> Dragonfly multi-rotor vehicle will fly to dozens of promising locations on Titan looking for prebiotic chemical processes common on both Titan and Earth.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Specifications of Dragonfly:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It has eight rotors and flies like large drone. Instruments fitted on it will search for chemical evidence of past or extant life.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Significance:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It will be for first time NASA will fly multi-rotor vehicle for science on another planet. It will also be first vehicle ever to fly its entire science payload to new places for repeatable and targeted access to surface materials.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About Titan</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is Saturn’s largest moon and the second largest moon in the solar system after Jupiter's moon Ganymede. It has diameter of 5,150 km. It has no known moon, but it is possible it may have moons.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Surface composition:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It is icy moon with surface of rock-hard water ice. It is also likely has a liquid water ocean beneath its surface. It is known to have liquid rivers, lakes and seas on its surface mainly contain hydrocarbons like methane and ethane and not water.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Atmosphere:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It is the only moon in the solar system known to have substantial atmosphere, which is mostly nitrogen like Earth’s and is 4 times denser than Earth’s atmosphere.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Location:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> Titan orbits Saturn, which orbits the Sun at a distance of about 886 million miles, about 10 times farther from the Sun than Earth orbits. </span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'nasa-launch-dragonfly-mission-ttitan', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/1f4d/7jghr1rgd4fh29f6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/1f4d/7jghr1rgd4fh29f6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'NASA to launch Dragonfly Mission to Titan', 'metakeyword' => 'NASA has announced that it will send a multi-rotor vehicle called Dragonfly to Saturn’s largest moon Titan', 'metadescription' => 'NASA has announced that it will send a multi-rotor vehicle called Dragonfly to Saturn’s largest moon Titan', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/td15ewt7atj9jt8/NASA_to_launch_Dragonfly_Mission_to_Titan.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 44 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1637, 'title' => 'Artificial Gravity to soon become reality', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">A team of scientists from University of Colorado, US is working on making concept of artificial gravity a reality. They are examining ways to design revolving systems that might fit within a room of future space stations and even moon bases. So far this concept of artificial gravity existed only in science fiction.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Artificial gravity </span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It means spacecraft generating their own gravity by spinning around in space. Under it, a short-radius centrifuge will rotate around room, gathering more and more speed. The angular velocity generated by this centrifuge will push astronauts’ feet toward base of platform, almost giving feel that he is standing under his own weight.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Application:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It will help to keep astronauts healthy as they venture into space, allowing humans to travel farther from Earth than ever before and stay away longer. It will enable astronauts to crawl into these rooms for just few hours day to get their daily doses of gravity.</span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'artificial-gravity-soon-become-reality', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/252d/g0dnxevrhsgq5tc6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/252d/g0dnxevrhsgq5tc6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Artificial Gravity to soon become reality', 'metakeyword' => 'Team of scientists from University of Colorado, US is working on making concept of artificial gravity a reality', 'metadescription' => 'Team of scientists from University of Colorado, US is working on making concept of artificial gravity a reality', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/f9zqkfpm8xx9qoo/Artificial_Gravity_to_soon_become_reality.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 45 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1645, 'title' => 'NASA launches Launch Abort System', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully carried out test of Launch-Abort System (LAS) for its Orion spacecraft designed to take US astronauts to Moon. The three-minute test was conducted at Cape Canaveral in Florida. It was aimed to test in almost real-life conditions for evacuation of astronauts from capsule in the event of explosion or rocket booster failure.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About test</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">In this test, unmanned Orion capsule was launched by a mini-rocket — a repurposed first stage of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Fifty-five seconds after launch, a rocket-powered tower on top of crew module ignited its engines at altitude of 9,500 m to quickly pull Orion away from hypothetical rocket experiencing problems. In just 15 seconds, capsule gained two miles of altitude. Then tower reoriented capsule to prepare it for descent and disengagement from the tower. In real-life conditions, parachutes will open to ease manned capsule's fall toward Atlantic Ocean.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About Launch Abort System (LAS)</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is aimed at evacuation of astronauts under real-life conditions. It is designed to activate in accidental event of rocket malfunction, on pad or in flight. It consists of three different types of solid-fuel rocket motors that will work in synchrony with one another. In case of launch-pad or in-flight failure, abort tower rocket provides 400,000 pounds of thrust, pulling the crew capsule away from rocket and parachutes openning to ease manned capsule's fall.</span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'nasa-launches-launch-abort-system', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/9c25/ejlrb09kmo11aq96g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/9c25/ejlrb09kmo11aq96g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'NASA launches Launch Abort System', 'metakeyword' => 'NASA successfully carried out test of Launch-Abort System (LAS) for its Orion spacecraft designed to take US astronauts to Moon', 'metadescription' => 'NASA) successfully carried out test of Launch-Abort System (LAS) for its Orion spacecraft designed to take US astronauts to Moon', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/4w1y2v89mldbrv7/NASA_launches_Launch_Abort_System.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 46 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1657, 'title' => 'DEEP-CEE: AI-powered tool to identify galaxy clusters developed', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Researchers from Lancaster University, UK have developed Artificial Intelligence-powered tool to identify galaxy clusters quickly. It has been named as Deep-CEE (Deep Learning for Galaxy Cluster Extraction and Evaluation).</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Re Deep-CEE </span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is novel deep learning technique to speed up the process of finding Galaxy clusters. This tool has been trained to look at colour images and identify galaxy clusters quickly.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Its model is based on neural networks, which are designed to mimic way human brain learns to recognise objects by activating specific neurons when visualising distinctive patterns and colours.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Galaxy clusters </span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">They are some of the most massive structures in the cosmos, consisting of hundreds of galaxies spread in not so vast area, usually it is limited to a few million light-years across. At their core, these clusters have big population of elliptical yet massive galaxies. These clusters are believed to be formed stars a long time ago but not making stars anymore.</span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'deep-cee-developed-identify-galaxy-clusters', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/24f7/gmw5u6vm34bp2hm6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/24f7/gmw5u6vm34bp2hm6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'AI-powered tool DEEP-CEE developed to identify galaxy', 'metakeyword' => 'Researchers, Lancaster University, UK, develop, Artificial Intelligence-powered tool, identify galaxy clusters quickly', 'metadescription' => 'Researchers, Lancaster University, UK, develop, Artificial Intelligence-powered tool, identify galaxy clusters quickly', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/i10ik7df86k7y2z/DEEP-CEE_AI-powered_tool.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 47 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1707, 'title' => 'SPEKTR-RG: Russia launches space telescope', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Russia launched a space telescope named Spektr-RG from cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. It was launched onboard of Proton-M rocket. It is intended to map X-rays across sky and replace Spektr-R project lost in January 2019.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About Spektr-RG</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is a space observatory intended to observe black holes, neutron stars and magnetic fields. It has been developed by Russia with Germany. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Objective:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It intends to replace Spektr-R, known as “Russian Hubble”, which Roskosmos lost control of in January 2019. Spektr-R was launched in 2011 to observe black holes, magnetic fields and neutron stars. Its successor will take up similar duties.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Mission Life:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It is set to last for six-and-a-half years including four-year scanning of space and the remainder spent observing objects in space. During its lifetime, it is expected to uncover around three million super-massive black holes as well as some 100,000 massive galaxy clusters strung out across the known universe.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Orbit:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> Its observing position is located some 1.5 million kilometres (900,000 miles) above Earth.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'spektr-rg-russia-launches-space-telescope', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a43b/uu23aske60rc60c6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a43b/uu23aske60rc60c6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'SPEKTR-RG: Russia launches space telescope', 'metakeyword' => 'Russia launched a space telescope named Spektr-RG from cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. ', 'metadescription' => 'Russia launched a space telescope named Spektr-RG from cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. ', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/8ir3xxw2qjdydff/SPEKTR-RG_Russia_launches_space_telescope.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 48 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1774, 'title' => 'TIANGONG-2: Chinese space laboratory destroyed recently', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Tiangong-2, a manned Chinese space station (lab) was destroyed recently upon its controlled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere over Pacific Ocean. The space state was retired from service after it had completed its experiments in space. During the re-entry phase, most of Tiangong-2 had burnt up in the atmosphere and its remaining debris fell near Point Nemo (spacecraft cemetery), the most remote location on Earth. It followed similar decommissioning course of its predecessor Tiangong-1, China’s first space station, which crashed into the southern Pacific Ocean in April 2018. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About Tiangong-2 </span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">In English<strong> </strong>Tiangong means Heavenly Palace.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was space laboratory launched in September 2016 part as part of China’s ambitious space station program aimed at placing Chinese large modular space station in Low Earth orbit (LEO) by 2022.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was China’s second experimental space station module and had replaced Tiangong-1 (China’s first space station) which had ended its operational life in March 2016.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It had upgraded habitat with improved life support systems, power, communications and research equipments. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">In late 2016, it hosted two Chinese astronauts for 30 days (It was China’s longest manned space mission so far). </span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About Point Nemo</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">In Latin Nemo means "no one". It most remote place on Earth (nearest land is approximately 2,415 kilometres away). It lies in the South Pacific Ocean and is relatively lifeless. It is also known as a "spacecraft cemetery” because it used to crash-land defunct satellites, space stations, and other spacecraft upon re-entering the atmosphere. It is chosen for crash-land due to its remoteness, so as not to endanger or harm human and oceanic life. </span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'chinese-space-laboratory-destroyed', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/d83f/1a1hb0mlrkasvqc6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/d83f/1a1hb0mlrkasvqc6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'TIANGONG-2: Chinese space laboratory destroyed recently', 'metakeyword' => 'Tiangong-2, a manned Chinese space station (lab) was destroyed recently upon its controlled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere over Pacific Ocean', 'metadescription' => 'Tiangong-2, a manned Chinese space station (lab) was destroyed recently upon its controlled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere over Pacific Ocean', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/c2kl2pmcg5ctyrc/TIANGONG-2_Chinese_space.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 49 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1803, 'title' => 'Assam Floods: India receives satellite data from 9 countries', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">India received satellite data about Assam floods from 9 countries under <strong>International Charter, Space and Major Disasters.</strong> The data was shared based on the request activation by National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC) on behalf of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The first set of data was received from China’s Gaofen-2 satellite. Space agencies of other countries gave information as and when their satellites passed over the flood affected areas.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About International Charter, Space and Major Disasters</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is multi-lateral mechanism for sharing space-based information for countries affected by natural or man-made disasters for the benefit of disaster management.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is a non-binding charter which provides for charitable and humanitarian retasked acquisition of and transmission of space satellite data to relief organizations in the event of major disasters.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It aims to combine Earth observation assets from different space agencies for sharing resources and expertise for rapid response to major disaster situations.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was initiated by European Space Agency (ESA) and French space agency CNES after UNISPACE III conference held in Vienna, Austria in July 1999. It officially came into operation in November 2000.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Currently there are 17 charter members and 61 contributing satellites. NRSC represents ISRO as a member of the charter.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It delivers date on ongoing basis throughout duration of Charter activation by country and provides valuable information about disaster that is not possible to obtain on the ground.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was activated for first time for floods in northeast France in December 2001. Since it has been activated for numerous floods, earthquakes, oil spills, forest fires, tsunamis, major snowfalls, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes and landslides,</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">As of July 201o, it had had 614 activations, from 125 countries (including India), and had 17 members, which contributed 61 satellites. It had won the prestigious Pecora award in 2017. </span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Earth-observation satellites are mainly deployed in space to capture high-resolution pictures of land and ocean surfaces. Most of these satellites move at great speeds in their orbits around earth and remain over particular area for barely seconds. They return to that point only hours (sometimes days later). However, in case disaster hits in country, its satellites might not be in proper place at that time to view affected area, but satellite some other country may be present above this disaster affected area. By pooling their satellites resources, countries help out a member country that requests information for satellite pictures and data. This also helps country access satellite pictures of varying resolutions, different angles, and taken at different times.</span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'assam-floods-india-receives-satellite-data', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8005/rlgg7j8ls8yxn2c6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8005/rlgg7j8ls8yxn2c6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Assam Floods: India receives satellite data from 9', 'metakeyword' => 'India received satellite data about Assam floods from 9 countries under International Charter, Space and Major Disasters', 'metadescription' => 'India received satellite data about Assam floods from 9 countries under International Charter, Space and Major Disasters', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/az39xwh8k0t7xqx/Assam_Floods_India_receives_satellite_data_from_9_countries.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 50 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1875, 'title' => 'Hayabusa 2 Mission- Solar Exploration Mission', 'description' => '<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Issue</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has made its 2<sup>nd</sup> touchdown on a distant asteroid in our solar system as reported by Japanese space agency JAXA</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Hayabusa 2</span></span></span></span></em></strong> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">is an </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">asteroid sample <span style="background-color:white"><span style="color:#222222">operated by the Japanese space agency, </span><span style="color:#000000">JAXA</span></span></span><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">. It follows on from the </span></span></span></span><strong><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Hayabusa</span></span></span></span></em></strong> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">mission which returned asteroid samples in 2010</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">It is in the process of surveying the asteroid for a year and a half, departing in December 2019, and returning to Earth in December 2020</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Mission details</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Hayabusa 2</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">carries multiple science payloads for remote sensing, sampling, and four small rovers that are investigating the asteroid surface to inform the environmental and geological context of the samples collected.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Hayabusa 2 specifically will explore asteroid <strong><em>Ryugu </em></strong>in our solar system. The asteroid <strong><em>Ryugu</em></strong> is one of the primitive near carboniferous object similar to our Earth and holds large secrets to the origin of our universe<em>.</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Studying it is expected to provide additional knowledge on the origin and evolution of the inner planets and, in particular, the origin of water and organic compounds on Earth, all relevant to the </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">origin of life </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">on Earth</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Additional Information</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Compared to the previous </span></span></span></span><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Hayabusa</span></span></span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <span style="color:#222222">mission, the spacecraft features improved </span>ion engines,<span style="color:#222222"> guidance and navigation technology, antennas, and </span>attitude control<span style="color:#222222"> systems.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">A kinetic penetrator was shot into the asteroid to expose pristine sample material that was later sampled for return to Earth.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'hayabusa-2-mission-solar-exploration-mission', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8442/w9yxortvgp3wor96g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8442/w9yxortvgp3wor96g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Hayabusa 2 Mission- Solar Exploration Mission', 'metakeyword' => 'Hayabusa 2 Mission- Solar Exploration Mission', 'metadescription' => 'Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has made its 2nd touchdown on a distant asteroid in our solar system as reported by Japanese space agency JAXA', 'author' => null, 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/w59h54peez0ti7u/Hayabusa_2_Mission.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 51 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1921, 'title' => 'ISRO invites application for private rocket manufacturing', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Issue</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">In a major push for Make-in-India initiative ISRO has invited private Indian companies to build five polar satellites Launch Vehicles (PSLV)</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222"> to be supplied to ISRO.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Indian space sector is highly valued to provide boost to domestic manufacturing.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">By inviting private companies to take up manufacturing, ISRO is aiming to develop a strong domestic industry that boosts Make In India initiative</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">New Space India Limited (NSIL) </span></span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">NSIL is a fully government owned company that undertakes commercial assignments for ISRO. It replaces Antrix Corporation, the previous commercial arm of ISRO.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">NSIL was set up to meet the ever-increasing demands of Indian space programme and to commercially exploit the emerging global space market. The emergence of NSIL would spur the growth of Indian industries in the space sector and enable Indian industries to scale up manufacturing and production base.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">PSLV</span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">expendable</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">medium-lift launch vehicle</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <span style="background-color:white">designed and operated by the </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organisation" style="color:blue; 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margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Issue</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black"> </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:40px; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">On August 12, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed a year in service.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">It is part of NASA’s “Living with a Star” programme that explores different aspects of the Sun-Earth system. </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">The probe seeks to gather information about the Sun’s atmosphere and NASA aims to revolutionize our understanding of the Sun. It is also the closest a human-made object has ever gone to the Sun.</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Parker Solar Probe</span></span> <span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">(previously Solar Probe, Solar Probe Plus, or Solar Probe+, abbreviated PSP)</span></span> <span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">is a NASA</span></span> <span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">robotic spacecraft</span></span> <span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">launched in 2018, with the mission of repeatedly probing and making observations of the outer corona</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <span style="background-color:white">of the </span></span><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sun</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">The mission’s central aim is to trace how energy and heat move through the Sun’s corona and to study the source of the solar wind’s acceleration. The mission is likely to last for seven years during which it will complete 24 orbits.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">Other</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222"> goals of the mission are</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-left:40px"> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Determine the structure and dynamics of the </span>magnetic fields</span> <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">at the sources of solar wind.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Determine what mechanisms accelerate and transport energetic particles.</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'nasas-parker-solar-probe', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/2de5/lvtoudiwkxdm1c26g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/2de5/lvtoudiwkxdm1c26g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'NASA’s Parker solar probe', 'metakeyword' => 'NASA’s Parker solar probe', 'metadescription' => 'On August 12, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed a year in service.', 'author' => null, 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/y6bcxgf3ds3losu/NASA%C6s_Parker_solar_probe.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 53 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1947, 'title' => 'NASA tests new mars rover on Iceland lava fields', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Issue</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">NASA has tested a prototype of new Mars rover in Icelandic volcanic fields for its preparation towards Mars mission 2020.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Mars 2020 is a Mars rover mission by NASA's Mars Exploration Program with a planned launch on 17 July 2020, and touchdown in Jezero crater on Mars on 18 February 2021.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The mission will seek signs of habitable conditions on Mars in the ancient past, and will also search for evidence called bio signatures which shows its past microbial life. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The rover is planned for launch in 2020 on an Atlas V-541, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will manage the mission. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Objective of Mission</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A key mission requirement is that it must help prepare NASA for its long-term Mars sample-return mission and crewed mission efforts.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">It will test technology to produce a small amount of pure oxygen (O2) from Martian atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2).</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The mission will also attempt to identify subsurface water, improve landing techniques, and characterize weather, dust, and other potential environmental conditions that could affect future astronauts living and working on Mars.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'nasa-tests-new-mars-rover-on-Iceland-lava-fields', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/9462/gun4wh6w91067xt6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/9462/gun4wh6w91067xt6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'NASA tests new mars rover on Iceland lava fields', 'metakeyword' => 'NASA, Iceland lava fields', 'metadescription' => 'NASA has tested a prototype of new Mars rover in Icelandic volcanic fields for its preparation towards Mars mission 2020.', 'author' => null, 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/0mj90ch7igvxbef/NASA_tests_new_mars.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 54 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 1969, 'title' => 'LIGO and Black Hole Physics', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Issue</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The LIGO collaboration announced a ‘super-event’ alert on its <strong>GraceDB</strong> (Gravitational Wave Candidate Event Database). The event, dubbed <strong>S190814bv</strong>, after the date of its discovery, has sent waves of excitement through the astrophysics community because it is different from previous events observed so far.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Black holes are a critical part of the formation and evolution of galaxies and new radio telescopes will be needed for us to learn how black holes interact with stars and galaxies.</span></span> <span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Results are important for astronomy because they potentially impact how we understand galaxy evolution.</span></span> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:whitesmoke"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Analysis suggests that super event originated from the collision of a black hole or something else. </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The ‘something else’ here could be a neutron star or a black hole of low mass.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <span style="background-color:whitesmoke">The extreme gravity of the black hole would shred the neutron star, releasing light in the form of gamma rays, X-rays, Ultraviolet rays in addition to gravitational waves.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If it is a merger of two black holes, then the second black hole would have to have a mass smaller than allowed by current theories.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If confirmed, this will significantly advance our understanding of black hole population in the universe.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">LIGO telescope</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale </span></span></span><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">physics<span style="color:#222222"> experiment and observatory to detect cosmic </span>gravitational waves<span style="color:#222222"> and to develop gravitational-wave observations as an astronomical tool.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Black Hole</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">A black hole is a region of </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">space-time<span style="background-color:white"><span style="color:#222222"> exhibiting </span></span><span style="background-color:white">gravitational<span style="color:#222222"> acceleration so strong that no </span>particles<span style="color:#222222"> or even </span>electromagnetic radiation<span style="color:#222222"> such as </span>light<span style="color:#222222"> can escape from it. The theory of </span>general relativity<span style="color:#222222"> predicts that a sufficiently compact </span>mass<span style="color:#222222"> can deform </span>space time<span style="color:#222222"> to form a black hole.</span></span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'ligo-and-black-hole-physics', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/1bd1/fqhc669zbos1nx76g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/1bd1/fqhc669zbos1nx76g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'LIGO and Black Hole Physics | Black Hole Physics', 'metakeyword' => 'LIGO and Black Hole Physics, Black Hole Physics', 'metadescription' => 'The LIGO collaboration announced a ‘super-event’ alert on its GraceDB (Gravitational Wave Candidate Event Database).', 'author' => null, 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/qbsq3zlc39mm9yc/LIGO_and_Black_Hole_Physics.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 55 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Space ', 'keyword' => 'space', 'id' => (int) 2004, 'title' => 'India- France satellite ship surveillance', 'description' => '<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Issue</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">India and France have decided to launch surveillance mechanism for ships using satellites. It will continuously provide maritime surveillance and security.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Most ships are mandated to have a transponder that gives their details and also to detect ships around them. By making out the ki