Tag: Space

In News The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released images of Earth captured by the EOS-06 satellite. About The images are generated by the ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC). NRSC/ISRO has generated a global False Colour Composite (FCC) mosaic from the images captured by the Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) payload on board EOS-06. […]

In News ISRO’s LVM-3 successfully launches satellites completing OneWeb constellation. About India’s most powerful rocket has recently launched satellites for OneWeb’s first-generation internet constellation through Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3) rocket from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket carried 36 OneWeb broadband satellites toward low Earth orbit (LEO) which is […]

In News ISRO plans to start ‘Space Tourism’ for passenger by 2030 About Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing a space tourism module which will allow enthusiasts to take a trip to space. The estimated cost of the trip is slated to be Rs 6 crore, and enthusiasts will be able to take a […]

In News The European Space Agency has said that a universal timekeeping system for the moon is needed. Need for the Time Zone No fixed Time Zone: Lunar missions have operated on the time of the country that launched them. But with several lunar explorations heading for the launchpad, the European Space Agency has deemed […]

In Context The Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) is set to get software and hardware upgrades. About The upgrade  will help it collect much more data and produce sharper images than ever before. The most significant modernisation made to ALMA will be the replacement of its correlator, a supercomputer that combines the input from individual […]

In News Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has recently confirmed that the lander of Chandrayaan-3 has completed the crucial EMI-EMC test. About Chandrayaan-3 is India’s third moon mission and is slated to be launched later this year by Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LMV3) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. The lander of the […]

In News Astronomers discover a ring around the dwarf planet Quaoar in the Kuiper Belt. About In a recent study done by Bruno Morgado of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Bruno Sicardy of the Paris Observatory, a ring was founded positioned much further away from the planet than is usual. The ring […]

In News Scientists are using outer space particles called muons to examine the fortress wall of Xi’an city, an ancient city in China. They used a muon detector, called CORMIS (Cosmic Ray Muon Imaging System), to examine the wall of Xi’an city.  What are Muons? Muons are subatomic particles raining from space. They are created […]