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Who launched SSLV?

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ISRO

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When did SSLV launched?

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7 August , 2022

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What was the name of the sattelite it was carrying?

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Earth Observational Sattelite - 02
(EOS-02)

was of 175kg

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It also carried an additional sattelite , made by _____ ?

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AzaadiSAT
(made by kids under “SpaceKidz India”)

was of 8kg

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__ the smallest sattelite made by ISRO till now??

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SSLV

will take only 72 hours to integrate with 5-6 people only

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What is the name of the orbit encompasses Earth-centred orbits with an altitude of 2,000 km (1,200 mi) or less?

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Low Earth Orbit

SSLV was an LEO based

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SSLV is launched from

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Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota

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Which was India’s first experimental satellite launch vehicle.?

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Satellite Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3)

successfully launched on July 18, 1980

ye pehli launch vechile hai

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What was the name of the satellite SLV-03 was having?

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Rohini-01

ye pehla satellite hai

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Which was the first Indian launch vehicle to be equipped with liquid stages?

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Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)

is the third generation launch vehicle of India

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ISRO has also developed a reusable rocket named?

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RLV-TD (Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator)

had a successful test flight in 2016

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ISRO is the space agency under

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Department of Space of Government of India

HQ- BANGALORE , INDIA

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Who is the current chairman of ISRO?

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Sreedhara Panicker Somanath

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Who is the founding father of Indian space programme?

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Dr. Vikram Sarabhai

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Who set up INCOSPAR?

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Dr. Vikram Sarabhai

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INCOSPAR full form?

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Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR)

was set-up in 23 February 1962

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What was the name of experiment which was hailed as ‘the largest sociological experiment in the world’?

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Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE)

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INCOSPAR was superseded by?

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ISRO

INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION

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When was ISRO made?

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15 August 1969

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What was the name of the first Indian Satellite?

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Aryabhatta

19 April , 1975

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From where was Aryabhatta launched?

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Kapustir Yan ( a soviet site)

along with rocket named Kosmos-3M

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What became the forerunner for future communication satellite system?

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Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment (APPLE)

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From where was APPLE launched?

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Guiana Space Centre

in Kourou , French Guiana

with the rocket named Ariane 01

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Which provides services to telecommunications, television broadcasting, satellite newsgathering, societal applications, weather forecasting, disaster warning and Search and Rescue operations?

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INSAT System

INSAT (Indian National Satellite System)

is India’s first telecommunications satellite system

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Which provides services to telecommunications, television broadcasting, satellite newsgathering, societal applications, weather forecasting, disaster warning and Search and Rescue operations?

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INSAT System

INSAT (Indian National Satellite System)

is India’s first telecommunications satellite system

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What was the name of the first INSAT sattelite?

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INSAT - 1A

was launched on 10 April 1982

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From where was INSAT - 1A launched?

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Launch Complex 17A ,Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

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From where was INSAT - 1A launched?

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Launch Complex 17A ,Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

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Who launched the first series of INSAT?

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NASA

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By whom was INSAT - 1A formed?

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Ford Aerospace

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What is designed to provide accurate position information service to assist in the navigation of ships in the Indian Ocean waters?

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IRNSS

Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System

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Which is India’s first satellite-based global positioning system that relies on ISRO’s GSAT satellites?

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GAGAN

GPS-Aided GEO Augmented Navigation

in 2001

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What is the operational name of IRNSS?

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NaviC

having a extending boundary upto 1500km

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India’s first mission to moon?

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Chandrayaan-01

October 22, 2008

was an unmanned spacecraft

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What was the name of the launch vechile which was used to launch Chandrayaan - 1?

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PSLV-C11

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What is the name of the India’s second mission to the Moon is a totally indigenous mission comprising of an Orbiter, Lander and Rover?

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Chandrayaan-02

is ISRO’s first attempt to land on any extraterrestrial surface

pehla vaala khaali orbit me ghoom ne ke liye tha

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What was the anme of the launch vechile that carried Chandrayaan 2?

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GSLV MK III M1

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What is the name of the Lander and Rover?

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Lander (Vikram) and Rover (Pragyan)

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What is India’s first interplanetary mission?

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Mars Orbited Mission (MOM)

launched on November 5, 2013

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What was the name of the launched vechile used to launch MOM?

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PSLV-XL C-25

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ISRO has become __ agency to reach mars after ?

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4th after
1. Soviet space program,
2. NASA,
3. the European Space Agency

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What is the name of moons of Mars?

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Phobos and Deimos

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What is the first dedicated Indian astronomy mission aimed at studying celestial sources in X-ray, optical and UV spectral bands simultaneously>

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AstroSAT

September 28, 2015

PSLV-C30 was the launch vechile

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What programme by ISRO envisages undertaking the demonstration of human spaceflight to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in the short term and will lay the foundation for a sustained Indian human space exploration program in the long run?

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Gaganyaan

called the Orbital Module

43
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The total cost of the Gaganyaan Programme is approximately

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INR 9023 Crore

44
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What is the name of the launch vechile for GAGANYAAN?

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GSLV Mk III, also called the LVM-3 (Launch Vehicle Mark-3)

45
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How many people will be in GAGANYAAN?

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3 including 1 woman

46
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Which country signed in a contract with India with regards to GAGANYAAN mission training?

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Russia

47
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In the contract , what was the name of the space vechile which was to be studied?

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Soyuz , a Russian spacecraft

The Soyuz carries people and supplies to and from the space station

48
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How many ABORT MISSION will be done by ISRO to make it sure that GAGANYAAN is safe?

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Two

49
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India will be __ nation to launch a mission after ?

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4th after US , Russia , China

50
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Which engine uses Hydrogen as fuel and the Oxygen from the atmospheric air as the oxidise made by ISRO?

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SCRAMJET
(Supersonic Combusting RAMJET)

51
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what was launched to provide a level playing field for private companies to use Indian space infrastructure?

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INSPACe
* a single-point interface between ISRO & everyone who wants to participate/use India’s space resources

June 2020 me launch hua tha

52
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What are the two commercial arms of ISRO?

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  • Antrix
  • NewSpace India Limited (NSIL)
53
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When was Antrix Cooproration formed??

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1992 , September

will handle ISRO’s comm. deal for satellite,launch vehicle with foreign

is a private corp. under Department of Space

54
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Who is the head of Antrix?

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Sanjay Kumar Agarwal

55
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When was NSIL established?

A

2019

is a Central Public Sector Enterprise of the Government of India

will deal with capacity building of local industry for space manufacturing

56
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What will act as a single-window and independent agency on matters related to space technology.?

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Indian Space Association (ISpA)

* aspires to be the collective voice of the Indian Space industry

57
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When was ISpA estabished?

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December 2022

58
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Who is the head of ISpA?

A

Jayant Patil

59
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What is the first dedicated commercial mission of New Space India Limited (NSIL)?

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Amazonia - 1 , a Brazil Satellite
* would provide remote sensing data to users for monitoring deforestation in the Amazon region and analysis of diversified agriculture across the Brazilian territory

the launch vechile was ** PSLV-C51**

It is put in a sun-synchronous polar orbit.

60
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Which thing have been deployed to provide Radio relay services?

A

UNITYsat

a total of three satellites

61
Q

__ is a nano satellite intended to study the radiation levels/space weather and demonstrate long range communication technologies?

A

Satish Dhawan Satellite (SDSAT)

62
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Which is the world’s smallest and lightest communication satellite?

A

KalamSAT

by SpaceKidz

63
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Which is an organization creating ‘young scientists for the country and spreading awareness among children for a borderless world.?

A

SpaceKidz

64
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Who is the CEO of SpaceKidz?

A

Srimathy Kesan

65
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Which project will help Navy in identifying suspicious ships through satellite imaging?

A

SindhuNetra

66
Q

Chandrayaan 3 is expected to be launched with help of?

A

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
* was formed on 1 October 2003
* HQ: Chōfu in Tokyo, Japan

67
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Which mission will see an Indian spacecraft going 1.5 million kms away to the L1 or Lagrangian point between the Sun and Earth?

A

Aditya L1

will be ISRO’s 2nd space-based astronomy mission after AstroSat

68
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What is the name of positions in space where the gravitational forces of a two-body system (like the Sun and the Earth) produce enhanced regions of attraction and repulsion?

A

Langrange Point 1

69
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The L1 point is home to the __ an international collaboration project of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA)

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Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Satellite (SOHO)

70
Q

which was the first artificial Earth satellite in space?

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Sputnik 1

by the USSR on 4 October 1957

71
Q

Every year [???] is celebrated as International Space Week

A

October 4-10

72
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Which is the oldest man-made satellite still in orbit?

A

Vanguard-1

was the first satellite to have solar electric power

launched by US

73
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The largest satellite that orbit the Earth is

A

Internation Space Station
* It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA, Roscosmos, JAXA, ESA, and CSA

was launched on 20 November 1998

74
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Who was the first man in space?

A

Yury Gagarin

in Vostok 1

75
Q

Who was the first woman to got to space?

A

Valentina Tereshkova

in Vostok 6

76
Q

Who was the first person to walk in space?

A

Aleksey Leonov

in Voshkod 2

77
Q

Who were the first person to walk on moon?

A

Neil Armstrong; Edwin (“Buzz”) Aldrin

in Apollo 11

78
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Who were the first person to walk on moon?

A

Neil Armstrong; Edwin (“Buzz”) Aldrin

in Apollo 11

79
Q

who was the first Indian to go to space?

A

Rakesh Sharma

Soyuz T-11/Salyut 7

80
Q

who was the first Indian to go to space?

A

Rakesh Sharma

Soyuz T-11/Salyut 7

81
Q

what is the term used for an INDIAN astronaut ?

A

VyomNaut

82
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Who was the first Indian woman to go to space?

A

Kalpana Chawla

83
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The Department of Space in India is headed

A

Modi Ji

HQ : Antariksh Bhavan, Bengaluru

84
Q

what is the first effort to
provide a global scale measurement of sodium on the
lunar surface using X-ray
fluorescent spectra ?

A

Chandrayaan 2

85
Q

____ has been designated as the Principal Scientist of the Aditya-L1 mission.

A

Dr. Sankarasubramanian K.

86
Q

____ is the first observatory-class space-based solar mission from India

A

Aditya-L1

87
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Aditya L-1 will be placed in a halo orbit around the

A

first Lagrange point, L1, of the Sun-Earth system

88
Q

Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced that it is expecting to launch the Venus mission by :

A

December 2024

89
Q

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced two new robotic missions to Venus :

A
  • DaVinci Plus: will analyze the thick, cloudy Venusian atmosphere
  • Veritas: seeking a geologic history by mapping the rocky planet’s surface
90
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the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has completed the static test of the human-rated ____ for Gaganyaan programme

A

Solid rocket booster (HS200)

world’s second largest operational booster using solid propellants

is a 20-metre-long booster with a diameter of 3.2 metres

91
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HS200 Solid Rocket Booster is part of the

A

Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle MkIII (GSLV Mk III) rocket

will have two HS200 boosters

92
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The HS200 is the human-rated version of the S200 rocket booster of satellite launch vehicle GSLV Mk III, popularly known as

A

LVM3

93
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Which is the largest, most powerful solid propellant booster ever built for flight?

A

Space Launch System(SLS) Solid Rocket Booster

2nd is HS200

94
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The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) heaviest rocket:

A

Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3 or GSLV Mark 3)

Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota

95
Q

This mission is being undertaken as part of the commercial arrangement between NSIL and m/s Network Access Associates Limited (m/s OneWeb Ltd), a U.K. based company. Name it

A

LVM3-M2

96
Q

____ is a joint venture between India’s Bharti Enterprises and the U.K. government.

A

OneWeb

97
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How many satellites have been placed into orbits under LVM-3?

A

36

98
Q

The European Space Agency’s____ mission won’t launch in September, 2022 to mars

A

ExoMars 2022

99
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Sattelite of India meant for heavy communication

A

Gslv mk II

100
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Europe’s Heaviest

A

Arianne 5

101
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Most powereful for commercial uses

A

Space X’s “FALCON HEAVY”

102
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China’s Heaviest

A

Long March

103
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ISRO IPRC Successfully Tests Engine for Gaganyaan at

A

MahendraGiri , Tirunelveli , tamil Nadu

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