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24.02.18 (CGPCS) Chhattisgarh Current Affairs

CHHATTISGARH 30 new govt colleges from next session: pandey Demands for grants worth Rs3332.95 crore were passed by voice vote in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. The grants were as per the budget proposals related to Revenue, Calamity Management, Higher Education, Skill Development, Technical Education and Employment Department, Science and Technology Department for upcoming … Read more

08.03.18 (CGPCS) Chhattisgarh Current Affairs

CHHATTISGARH Bauxite exploration underway in six c’garh distts: centre The exploration of bauxite mineral reserves had been going on in Kabirdham, Surguja, Balrampur, Jashpur, Kanker and Kondagaon districts of Chhattisgarh, the Central Government has informed. The mining activities of major minerals including Bauxite, are regulated as per the provisions contained in Mines and … Read more

Space programme in India and its applications with special reference to industrial, agricultural and other rural developmental activities, INSAT and IRS systems

Space Technology- Indian space programs. Application of Satellites for different purposes Despite being a developing economy with its attendant problems, India has effectively developed space technology and has applied it successfully for its rapid development and today is offering a variety of space services globally. Indian Space Program: During the formative decade of 1960s, … Read more

Chandrayaan-1

Launch: October 22, 2008 Site: Satish Dhavan Space Centre, Sriharikota

The objectives of the programme were:

To develop and orbit a spacecraft around moon using an Indian-made launch vehicle.
To prepare a three-dimensional atlas of both the near and the far side of the moon.
Chemical and mineralogical mapping of the entire lunar surface.
To study the impact of Moon Impact Probe on the surface of the moon as a fore-runner to future soft landing missions.

NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) had on Chandrayaan-1 had detected water on the surface of moon. The mission was expected to last two years. However, the communication with the satellite was lost on 29 August 2009 and the mission was declared over. It lasted for 312 days and achieved 95 percent of its objectives.

Chandrayaan-1 was selected by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) as one of the recipients of its annual AIAA SPACE 2009 awards for contributions to space science and technology.