Aerospace Science and Technology
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Dr. Sankarasubramanian K. named Principal Scientist of ISRO’s Aditya-L1 mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation has designated Dr. Sankarasubramanian K as the Principal Scientist of the Aditya-L1 mission. Aditya-L1 is the first observatory-class space-based solar mission from India. Sankarasubramanian has contributed to AstroSat, Chandrayaan-1 and Chandrayaan-2 missions of ISRO in...
Published On October 21st, 2022 -
ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 spectrometer maps abundance of sodium on moon for first time
Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter’s X-ray spectrometer ‘CLASS’ has mapped an abundance of sodium on the moon for the first time, as per the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). As Chandrayaan-1’s X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (C1XS) detected sodium from its characteristic line in X-rays,...
Published On October 10th, 2022 -
Agnikul Cosmos secured first patent for 3D-printed rocket engine
Agnikul Cosmos, one of India’s private space startups, has secured its first patent for the design and manufacturing of its 3D-printed rocket engine. The patent, which has been offered to the company under the Centre’s patent database, comes after the...
Published On September 12th, 2022 -
SpaceX Launches South Korea’s First Moon Mission, Danuri
South Korea's First Lunar Mission South Korea launches its first ever lunar mission or it can also be called its first ever mission beyond low Earth orbit. The mission was formerly called the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), which is...
Published On August 6th, 2022 -
China launched Three New Yagon-35 remote Sensing Satellites
Three new remote sensing satellites were successfully launched by China from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in the Sichuan Province in southwest China. The satellites were launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket at 10:22 a.m. (local time) as part...
Published On June 25th, 2022
