Indian Space Projects Flashcards
Sanskrit translation for Gaganyaan
Sky Craft
How many people will be carried?
3 people, including one woman
Who manufactured the crew module
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Which organisations are involved in the manufacturing process
HAL, DRDO AND ISRO
What is the design life of Gaganyaan
7 days
ISRO AND ____ signed an agreement for cooperation in selection, support, medical examination and space training
Glavkosmos, subsidary of Roscosmos
Where will the ISRO Technical Liason Unit be set up to facilitate development of technologies essential to support life at space
Moscow
Ground station for Gaganyaan is being planned at
Cocos ( Keeling ) Island , Australia
Launch vehicle
GSLV MK III
When is gaganyaan likely to be launched
2023
What is the name of the humanoid built to accompany humans to the space
Vyommitra ( female looking robot )
How many test rounds will be conducted before the final launch
3 ( June 2022, 2023, 2023 )
Where will gaganyaan orbit the earth
Low earth orbit ( 300-400kms above surface )
ISRO’S first ever Solar mission.
Aditya L1
Objective of Aditya L1
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
Aditya L1 launched using
PSLV XL
Where does Isro plan to set up Aditya L1 ?
The satellite in the halo orbit around the Lagrangian Point (L1) which is 1.5 km from Earth.
L1 stands for
Lagrangian point (points where the gravitational forces of any two celestial bodies are enhanced)
Aditya L1 stands for
Aditya means SUN. Lagrangian point (points where the gravitational forces of any two celestial bodies are enhanced)
Launch pad for Aditya L1
Sriharikota, AP
When was Aditya 1 originally announced?
2008
What was the previous name of the Aditya L1 mission?
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
Weight of Aditya l1 satellite
400kg
VELC fulf form
Visible Emission Line Coronagraph.
Capable of simulatanous imaging,spectroscopy, spectro-polarinetry close to solar limb
Name Nasa’s solar missions
- NASA’S Parker solar Probe
- NASA’S Living with a Star
- NASA’S Helios 2
Nisar is a joint project of
ISRO & NASA are its Satellite operator
NISAR aim
Aims at co-developing a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar on Earth observation Satellite to measure changing Ecosystem and masses globally
NISAR full form
NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar
NISAR mission duration
3 years
NISAR launch date and site
Sept 2022
Satish Dhawan Space Centre,Sriharikota,AP
NISAR altitude
747 km
Rocket for NISAR
GSLV MK II
Rocket for NISAR
GSLV MK II
Nisar total Cost
US dollars 1.5 billion
SSLV full form
Small Solar Launch Vehicle
SSLV payloads Capacity and planar orbit
500 kg to planar orbit of 500 km
SSLV first development flight targeted to launch
During first half of 2022.
3 developmental flights SSLV D1,SSLV D2 ,SSLV D3
Cost of SSLV project
169 crores
Sslv vehicle completed at which space centre
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thumba on Dec 1, 2018
SSLV aim
Launching small satellites commercially at a reduced price and higher launch rate as against the PSLV.
What is Atrosat?
India’s first dedicated multi wavelength space telescope.
ISRO recently proposed launching Atrosat 2 as a successor of Atrosat bcoz of its success.
Atrosat launch date and launch vehicle
PSLV XL
28 September 2015
Atrosat launch centre
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota,AP
Herschel Space Observatory Telescope launched by
European Space Agency in 2009
Name the marketing arm of ISRO for promotional and commercial exploitation of space products.
Antrix Corporation Limited (ACL)
