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*India’s indigenous radar imaging satellite
Ans : RISAT -1 (26 April 2016)
*Satellite used for disaster management
Ans : RISAT-2 (20th April 2009 )
*India’s Cartography satellite
Ans : CARTOSAT-1
*The plant used in space vehicles for increasingthe availability of oxygen
Ans : Chlorella
*First space capsule recovery experiment of India
Ans : S.R.E -1
*The first Indian satellite to study about ocean
Ans : Oceansat (1999)
*First university in India to launch a satellite (Anusat)
Ans : Anna University
*The heaviest satellite built in India
Ans : GSAT -10
*The heaviest rocket built in India
Ans : GSLV mark III
*GSLV. mark III project director
Ans : S. Somanath
*The first experimental flight of India’s next generation launch vehicle of GSLV MK - III was on 18 December 2014.
* ISRO-s indigenous cryogenic engine for upperstage of GSLV MK III rocket was tested success,ully on January 25,2017.
Chandrayan
*India’s first unmanned Lunar probe launched by ISRO - Chandrayan 1 (22nd October 2008)
*The launch vehicle of Chandrayan- PSLV C XI
*Chandrayan was launched from
Ans : Satish Dhawan space centre (Sriharikotta)
*Sriharikota is at Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh.
*Chandrayan-1 entered lunar orbit on 8th November 2008 (Radio contact with Chandrayan-1 was lost on 2009 August 28)
*The name Chandrayan was suggested by
Ans : A.B Vajpayee
*The lunar probe that crash landed on the Moon surface with India’s National Flag
Ans : Moon Impact Probe
*The Moon Impact Probe (MIP) was developed by ISRO.
*The place where ‘Moon Impact Probe’ struck in the moon is known as
Ans : Shakleton Crater
*India became the fifth entity to reach the moon with this mission.
*NASA’s Payload that discovered water on the Moon
Ans : Moon Mineralogy Mapper
*Chandrayan’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper has confirmed the Magma ocean hypothesis meaning that the Moon was once completely molten
*ISRO’s Chandrayan Mission was selected for AIAA space Award in
Ans : 2009 (AIAA - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
*The project director of Chandrayan 1 was
Ans : M. Annadurai
*The country that is cooperating with India in Chandrayaan 2
Ans : Russia (ISRO and RKA (Russian Federal Space Agency).
