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ISRO to launch geo imaging satellite GISAT-1 on March 5 from Sriharikota GISAT-1 will facilitate near real-time observation of the Indian subcontinent, under cloud-free conditions Current Affairs :The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Wednesday said that GSLV-F10 will dispatch geo imaging satellite, GISAT-1, from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on March 5. The dispatch is planned to happen at 5.43 pm. “Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F10) will dispatch geo imaging satellite (GISAT-1) from the subsequent platform of the SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. The dispatch is probably booked at 1743 Hrs IST on March 05, 2020, subject to climate conditions,” ISRO said. Weighing around 2,275 kg, GISAT-1 is a best in class lithe Earth perception satellite that will be put in a ‘geosynchronous exchange circle’ by GSLV-F10. Therefore, the satellite will arrive at the last geostationary circle utilizing its locally available drive framework. A four meter...

Gaganyaan: Indian astronauts for 1st human mission start training in Moscow After a thorough selection, the four Indian Air Force fighter pilots became the Indian Space Research Organisation candidates for the spaceflight Current Affairs :• Russian dispatch specialist co-op Glavkosmos said the arranged year preparing project of Indian possibility for a spaceflight began on Monday at the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Moscow. After an exhaustive choice, the four Indian Air Force military pilots turned into the Indian Space Research Organization possibility for the spaceflight. For India’s originally kept an eye on crucial space-Gaganyaan, which is arranged around 2022, prepared pilots will be chosen from among them. “This Monday Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) has begun the arranged preparing project of Indian contender for a spaceflight under the agreement between Glavkosmos,JSC (some portion of the State Space ...

Gaganyaan mission: Indian astronauts to start training in Russia next week The Rs 10,000-crore ambitious project is expected to be launched in 2022 Current Affairs :The four space travelers shortlisted for the Gaganyaan venture, India’s originally kept an eye on space crucial, get preparing in Russia for 11 months, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday. In an announcement, Singh, who is the Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space, said their preparation in Russia will begin from the third seven day stretch of January. “Following 11 months of preparing in Russia, the space travelers will get module-explicit preparing in India. In that, they will be prepared in team and administration module structured by Isro, figure out how to work it, work around it and do reenactments,” the announcement read. The Rs 10,000-crore goal-oriented undertaking is relied upon to be propelled in 2022, the time of the 75th commemoration of India’s Independence. India’s heavi...

Isro puts Chandrayaan-2 setback behind ends 2019 on positive note The GSAT-20 satellite is scheduled for mid-2020. It is a next-generation high-throughput satellite that would address the country’s connectivity issues Current Affairs :The Indian Space Research Organization has gotten over the difficulty it endured by virtue of the Chandrayaan-2 strategic, has finished the year with six dispatch vehicle missions and seven satellite missions. The number is lower than that accomplished in 2018, when Isro had finished 16 missions and was planning for some significant achievements, including the dispatch of Chandrayaan-2, getting ready for India’s first human space program ‘Gaganyaan’ and its strategic the Sun: Aditya-1. Toward the start of the year 2019, Isro said it was arranging upwards of 32 missions, including 14 dispatch vehicles, 17 satellite and one Technology Demonstration missions. The complex Chandrayaan-2 and the improvement flights of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle...

Isro revenue from commercial satellite launches up by 40%: Minister In five years revenue generated by launching satellites for other countries stood at Rs 1,245.17 crore Current Affairs :The income earned by the business arm of India’s space organization rose by around 40 percent in 2018-19 to Rs 324.19 crore from Rs 232.56 crore a year ago, helped by satellite dispatches for remote clients. In five years income created by propelling satellites for different nations remained at Rs 1,245.17 crore. The Indian Space Research Organization has propelled satellites from 26 nations during the most recent five years, Jitendra Singh, serve responsible for nuclear vitality and space, told Rajya Sabha. He included, contracts with 10 nations specifically; USA, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Singapore, The Netherlands, Japan, Malaysia, Algeria and France were marked over the most recent five years under business game plans. Continue Reading

Satellites may make it tough to see stars, changing the sky as we know it Some professional astronomers raised alarms last spring, and again in November, after SpaceX launched batches of 60 Starlink satellites Current Affairs News :Expect the night sky to begin evolving quick. One day soon, the stars we can see from Earth could be dwarfed by a huge swarm of satellites. While numerous individuals today live under the murk of light contamination, we can at any rate still travel to a sparkling night sky in the mountains, the desert, or adrift. Be that as it may, if correspondences innovation pursues its present direction, any individual who needs to get away from the results of human movement may need to go to the moon. Some expert cosmologists raised alerts the previous spring, and again in November, after SpaceX propelled bunches of 60 Starlink satellites. These don’t present a major issue yet, yet when thousands more sparkle down on us, they could meddle with our capacit...

Meet Shanmuga Subramanian: The Chennai techie who helped find Vikram debris Shanmuga Subramanian, who made the discovery said, ‘It was something challenging as even NASA can’t find out so why can’t we try out?’ Current Affairs News :A space devotee from Chennai who worked freely, found a flotsam and jetsam from the Vikram moonlander that researchers had been searching for and helped control them to the spot where it had smashed. Shanmuga Subramanian, who made the disclosure, told IANS on Tuesday: “It was something testing as even NASA can’t discover so for what reason wouldn’t we be able to give it a shot? Furthermore, that is the idea that drove me to scan for Vikram lander.” He searched for it on the pictures from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbital (LRO) Camera that the US space organization had discharged to people in general. LRO Project Scientist Noah Petro told IANS: “The tale of this truly astounding person (who) discovered it, helped us discover it, is extreme...

Nasa satellite finds debris of Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram, releases pics Vikram lost contact with Isro following its launch from Chandraayan-2 moon orbiter on September 6 when it tried to make a softlanding near the moon’s south pole Current Affairs News :NASA has discovered the accident site and flotsam and jetsam of India’s Chandrayaan-2 Vikram moon lander following a tip from an Indian space devotee who analyzed photos of the zone of the moon taken by a US circling camera. The site was situated by Shanmuga Subramanian, who all alone scoured the photos taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbital Camera (LROC), NASA and Arizona State University declared on Monday affirming the find. The principal mosaic picture of the conceivable accident webpage produced using pictures taken by the LROC on September 17 was downloaded by a few people to search for indications of the Vikram, NASA said. Arizona State University (ASU), where the LROC venture is found, stated, “In the wake...

Chandrayaan-2 releases colourful pictures of Moon’s impact craters According to ISRO, the Moon has been continuously bombarded by meteorites, asteroids and comets since its formation. This resulted in the formation of innumerable impact craters Current Affairs :Indian space organization has discharged new arrangement of pictures of effect pits on moon surface taken by its Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Tuesday discharging an image on its Twitter handle said the pictures were taken by the Dual Frequency-Synthetic Aperture Radar (DF-SAR) on its Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter. As per ISRO, the Moon has been persistently assaulted by shooting stars, space rocks and comets since its development. This has brought about the development of countless effect holes that structure the most particular geographic highlights on its surface. Effect pits are around roundabout despondencies on the outside of the moon, going from little, basic, bowl-formed...

Isro conducts Chandrayaan-2 Moon lander’s deorbit manoeuvre successfully Deorbiting manoeuvres involve the firing of the spacecraft’s engines to slow down its pace and bring it closer to the Moon’s surface Current Affairs :-  After effectively isolating India’s first Moon lander, Vikram, on Monday, the Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) directed its first deorbit move effectively on Tuesday. The move started at 0850 hours and had a length of 4 seconds. Isro authorities said that after Tuesday’s deorbit move, the lander had accomplished a 109 x 120 km circle around the Moon. One more deorbit move will be directed on Wednesday and the circle that the lander will accomplish after this will be 39 X 110 km. The exertion is to delicate land the lander in the South polar district of the Moon between two cavities – Manzinus C and Simpelius N – on September 7, 2019. Deorbiting moves include the terminating of the shuttle’s motors to hinder its pace and carry it clos...

ISRO performs 2nd lunar-bound orbit maneuver successfully for Chandrayaan-2 All spacecraft parameters are normal, the Bengaluru headquartered space agency said after the maneuver Current Affairs :- ISRO on Wednesday said it has played out the second lunar headed circle move for Chandrayaan-2 rocket that is presently in the lunar circle for its meeting with the Moon. All shuttle parameters are ordinary, the Bengaluru headquartered space office said after the move. “Second Lunar headed circle move for Chandrayaan-2 shuttle was performed effectively today (August 21, 2019) starting at 1250 hrs IST as arranged, utilizing the installed drive framework. The length of the move was 1228seconds. The circle accomplished is 118 km x 4412 km,” ISRO said. The following Lunar bound circle move is planned on August 28, 2019 between 0530 – 0630 hrs IST. Continue Reading

Chandrayaan-2: 2nd orbit-raising smooth, expected to reach Moon on Aug 20 Despite its journey being delayed by a week, Isro has reworked Chandrayaan-2’s schedule so that it can land on the Moon’s south pole on the previously fixed date Current Affairs :- Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) effectively directed the subsequent Earth-bound circle raising move for the Chandrayaan-2 rocket. Isro authorities said that subsequent move has been performed effectively on Friday at 0108 hours (IST) as arranged, utilizing the locally available impetus framework for a terminating span of 883 seconds. The circle accomplished was 251 x 54829 km. All shuttle parameters were ordinary. The third circle raising move is planned on July 29, 2019, between 1430–1530 hours (IST). India’s second mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-2, is relied upon to achieve the Moon on August 20, 2019. The main earth-bound circle raising move for Chandrayaan-2 was performed effectively on July 24, 2019,...

Chandrayaan-2 expected to reach Moon on Aug 20, landing on Sept 7: Isro Chandrayaan-2 will be orbiting the Earth for 23 days and on August 14, Isro will conduct the Trans Lunar Injection Current Affairs :- India’s second mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-2, is relied upon to achieve the circle of Earth’s satellite on August 20. Isro authorities said that the Earth-headed manoeuvers for Chandrayaan-2 rocket are being executed from today onwards. The main earth-bound circle raising manoeuver of the Chandrayaan-2 shuttle was performed effectively on this evening at 1452 hrs (IST) as arranged, they included. Four Earth-bound manoeuvers are arranged between July 26 and August 8, coming full circle into a trans-lunar inclusion on August 14, which will send Chandrayaan-2 to the Moon. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mk III (GSLV-Mk III), conveying the 3.8-ton Chandrayaan-2 rocket, lifted off from its launchpad on July 22, at 2.43 p.m. After a specialized tangle ...

Chandrayaan-2 begins 48-day journey to the Moon amid anxiety and euphoria President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Isro and its scientists on this feat Current Affairs :- The temperament was euphoric on Monday at the mission control room of the Indian Space Research Organization’s (Isro’s) Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC) in Sriharikota. At 2.43 pm the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mk III (GSLV-Mk III), conveying the 3.8-ton Chandrayaan-2 shuttle, lifted off from its launchpad. GSLV-Mk III cost Rs 375 crore and Chandrayaan-2 Rs 603 crore. After a specialized tangle prematurely ending the departure on July 15, the space office prevailing with regards to putting the satellite on the ideal circle, or a superior circle, as the initial step of its 48-day adventure to the moon’s unexplored south post, around 384,000 km away. President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi saluted Isro and its researchers on this accompl...

Launch of India’s moon mission Chandrayaan-2 put off India will be the fourth nation apart from US, the former USSR and China to reach the moon Technology :- Second moon mission postponed due to technical glitch The launch of Chandrayaan-2, India’s second mission to the moon, was postponed after a technical glitch was observed in the launch vehicle system early morning on Monday. Countdown stopped at 56 minutes, 24 seconds before the launch Less than an hour before the scheduled lift-off, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) informed of the launch being put off due to the snag. The new schedule will be announced later. The launch was scheduled to have taken place at 2.51 am from the second launchpad at Sriharikota’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC). The countdown to the launch was put on hold at 56 minutes and 24 seconds. The glitch was observed in the launch vehicle system early morning Monday The technical snag was noticed when the cryogenic fuel was ...

India’s second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 to take off on July 15: Isro Sivan said of the Rs 1,075 crore, nearly Rs 603 crore will be towards satellite development and the balance Rs 375 crore will be for the GSLV MK-III rocket Current Affairs :-India intends to Launch its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 on July 15, and once fruitful, expecting to be the fourth country to arrive on moon, said Isro boss Kailasavadivoo Sivan on Wednesday. GSLV MK-III, the rocket conveying Chandrayaan-2, will take-off from Isro’s space port at Sriharikota, close Chennai at 2.15 a.m. on July 15, he said. “We are focusing to arrive on the south post of the moon on September 6 or 7,” said Sivan. Isro hopes to proceed with its examination on nearness of water and minerals on moon after Chandrayaan-1 of every 2008 discharged its Moon Impact Probe where it discovered trash that was broke down for nearness of water As indicated by Sivan, lunar south post was picked as it is anything but diff...

PSLV-C45 lifts off with EMISAT, 28 foreign satellites PSLV-C45 lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota carrying EMISAT and 28 customer satellites on board Technology :  India’s most recent perception satellite  EMISAT  took off easily on Monday morning with  Isro  setting payloads in three circles and leading space tries out of the blue. The dispatch vehicle PSLV-C45 launched from the Isro spaceport, Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota at 09:27 am today. The rocket is conveying an electronic knowledge satellite Emisat for the Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO) and 28 outsider satellites. This is the primary mission of the PSLV in which its PSLV-QL variation (4 XL Strap-on engines) is being flown. The mission denotes a few firsts to the credit of the space organization as it would move satellites in different circles and orbital tests including on oceanic satellite applications. The essential satellite in t...

India successfully tests ASAT missile, joins space superpower club The tracking and interception capabilities that went into Mission Shakti have been available with the DRDO for over a decade Technology : On Wednesday morning, 300 kilometers over the Odisha coast, a ballistic rocket protection interceptor created by the Defense Research and Development Organization ( DRDO ) struck a satellite in a low earth circle, crushing it into pieces. PM Narendra Modi declared the accomplishment of the test, codenamed Mission Shakti, on TV and Twitter. Pronouncing that “there can’t be a more noteworthy snapshot of pride for any Indian”, he stated: “In the voyage of each country, there are minutes that bring most extreme pride and historically affect ages to come. One such minute is today. India has effectively tried the counter satellite (ASAT) rocket.” The Prime Minister said India had enlisted its name among the space superpowers. “Up until now, just three nations were in this club ...