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Indian Space Projects Flashcards

1
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Sanskrit translation for Gaganyaan

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Sky Craft

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2
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How many people will be carried?

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3 people, including one woman

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3
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Who manufactured the crew module

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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

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4
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Which organisations are involved in the manufacturing process

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HAL, DRDO AND ISRO

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5
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What is the design life of Gaganyaan

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7 days

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ISRO AND ____ signed an agreement for cooperation in selection, support, medical examination and space training

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Glavkosmos, subsidary of Roscosmos

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7
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Where will the ISRO Technical Liason Unit be set up to facilitate development of technologies essential to support life at space

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Moscow

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8
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Ground station for Gaganyaan is being planned at

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Cocos ( Keeling ) Island , Australia

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Launch vehicle

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GSLV MK III

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10
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When is gaganyaan likely to be launched

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2023

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11
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What is the name of the humanoid built to accompany humans to the space

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Vyommitra ( female looking robot )

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12
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How many test rounds will be conducted before the final launch

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3 ( June 2022, 2023, 2023 )

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13
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Where will gaganyaan orbit the earth

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Low earth orbit ( 300-400kms above surface )

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14
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ISRO’S first ever Solar mission.

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Aditya L1

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Objective of Aditya L1

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To study the Sun’s corona,chromosphere and photosphere. Also study the particle flux emanating from Sun and variation in magnetic field strength.

Help in tracking Earty directed storms and predict its impact through solar observations

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Aditya L1 launched using

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PSLV XL

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17
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Where does Isro plan to set up Aditya L1 ?

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The satellite in the halo orbit around the Lagrangian Point (L1) which is 1.5 km from Earth.

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L1 stands for

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Lagrangian point (points where the gravitational forces of any two celestial bodies are enhanced)

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18
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Aditya L1 stands for

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Aditya means SUN.
Lagrangian point (points where the gravitational forces of any two celestial bodies are enhanced)
19
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Launch pad for Aditya L1

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Sriharikota, AP

20
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When was Aditya 1 originally announced?

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2008

21
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What was the previous name of the Aditya L1 mission?

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Aditya 1 which was earlier meant to place the satellite at a lower earth orbit of about 800 km unlike the revised one-1.5 km from the Earth.

Satellite carries 6 payloads

22
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Weight of Aditya l1 satellite

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400kg

23
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VELC fulf form

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Visible Emission Line Coronagraph.

Capable of simulatanous imaging,spectroscopy, spectro-polarinetry close to solar limb

24
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Name Nasa’s solar missions

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  1. NASA’S Parker solar Probe
  2. NASA’S Living with a Star
  3. NASA’S Helios 2
25
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Nisar is a joint project of

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ISRO & NASA are its Satellite operator

26
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NISAR aim

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Aims at co-developing a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar on Earth observation Satellite to measure changing Ecosystem and masses globally

27
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NISAR full form

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NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar

28
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NISAR mission duration

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3 years

29
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NISAR launch date and site

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Sept 2022

Satish Dhawan Space Centre,Sriharikota,AP

30
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NISAR altitude

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747 km

31
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Rocket for NISAR

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GSLV MK II

32
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Rocket for NISAR

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GSLV MK II

33
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Nisar total Cost

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US dollars 1.5 billion

34
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SSLV full form

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Small Solar Launch Vehicle

35
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SSLV payloads Capacity and planar orbit

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500 kg to planar orbit of 500 km

36
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SSLV first development flight targeted to launch

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During first half of 2022.

3 developmental flights SSLV D1,SSLV D2 ,SSLV D3

37
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Cost of SSLV project

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169 crores

38
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Sslv vehicle completed at which space centre

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Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thumba on Dec 1, 2018

39
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SSLV aim

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Launching small satellites commercially at a reduced price and higher launch rate as against the PSLV.

40
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What is Atrosat?

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India’s first dedicated multi wavelength space telescope.

ISRO recently proposed launching Atrosat 2 as a successor of Atrosat bcoz of its success.

41
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Atrosat launch date and launch vehicle

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PSLV XL

28 September 2015

42
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Atrosat launch centre

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Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota,AP

43
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Herschel Space Observatory Telescope launched by

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European Space Agency in 2009

44
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Name the marketing arm of ISRO for promotional and commercial exploitation of space products.

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Antrix Corporation Limited (ACL)

GK (24 decks)

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