On September 14, 2021, OneWeb, a London-based United Kingdom-based company, launched 34 satellites into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. *It was launched in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) by the French LEO satellite communications company Arianespace and its StarSem subsidiary, its launch vehicle ‘Soyuz’-Flight ST35.*Flight ST35 is the 60th Soyuz mission […]
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The Atal Tinkering Laboratory (ATL) ‘Space Challenge 2021’ in collaboration with the National Institute for Transforming India (NITI)’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) ‘School Challenge 2021’. To celebrate the contribution of space science and technology, ATL joins […]
India launches its first satellite and nuclear missile tracking ship INS Dhruv (Indian Navy Ship). It is the first Ocean surveillance ship (OSS) capable of tracking ballistic missiles over long distances. *National Security Advisor Ajit Doval inaugurated the commission in the presence of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Karambir Singh from […]
The INSPIRESat-1 CubeSat, developed under the International Satellite Program (INSPIRE) in research and education, in association with the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), is to be launched by the upcoming Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) project. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) INSPIRESat-1 CubeSat: It is equipped with […]
The Indian team won a total of 19 medals, including 5 gold, 8 silver, and 6 bronze medals, at the 16th Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Since its first appearance at the 1968 Paralympic Games, India has won 19 more medals than the […]
According to a report, the Chinese National Space Administration has named its high-spectrum surveillance satellite Geofan-502 the Space Technology Research Institute of the Chinese Space Science and Technology Institute. *This is the 387th flight of the Long March carrier rocket.*The satellite will enhance China’s hyperspectral monitoring capability of the atmosphere, […]
On September 3, 2021, the Hansa New Generation (NG) aircraft successfully made its maiden flight and all flight parameters were found to be normal. It was designed and developed by CSIR (Scientific and Industrial Research Council) -National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bangalore, Karnataka. *The aircraft took off from HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics […]
“e-Source”, an open-source platform for monitoring and retrieving electronic waste (e-waste) is under beta status testing by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. The initiative is being promoted by the Indo-German Center for Sustainability (ICGS) at IIT Madras. Main Objective : Facilitating systematic steps to detect and recycle electronic […]
The Indian Navy has entered into an agreement with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to develop India’s first domestically developed Naval Anti Drone System (NADS) ‘Hard Kill’ and ‘Soft Kill Skills’. *NADS Developed by Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and produced by BEL. Featured Points: Hard Kill refers to jamming […]
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft takes recycled Falcon 9 rocket from NASA ‘s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s) Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station (ISS) on the island of Merritt, carrying ants, avocados, and a humanoid robot. *After launch, the rocket’s first-level booster returned and landed vertically on SpaceX’s new […]
This is a study on how to use events in quantum physics to create new computer ways. A normal computer has a bit that can be 0 or 1. On the other hand, quantum computing has quits, which are superpositions of either one or 0 and 1, thereby increasing the […]
On August 27, 2021, Union Minister Rajiv Chandrasekhar launched the ‘QSim – Quantum Computer Simulator Toolkit’ to facilitate cost-effective research in quantum computing during a hybrid event from New Delhi by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).It will be used by students and researchers. *It is a product […]