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Dec 19, 2022

NASA Launches Satellite for Landmark Study of Earth's Water

A satellite lifted off from California on a mission to survey nearly all bodies of water on Earth, offering key insights on how they influence or are impacted by climate change.
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, a billion-dollar project jointly developed by NASA and France's space agency CNES, took off atop a SpaceX rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base.
As per reports, it will start collecting scientific data in about six months after undergoing checks and calibrations.

India Third in Global Ranking in Scientific Publications

India jumped to the third position in the global ranking in scientific publications, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said.
Singh said that according to the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Science & Engineering Indicators 2022 report of the United States, India's position globally in scientific publications, has improved from seventh position in 2010 to third position in 2020.
He also added that India's scholarly output increased from 60,555 papers in 2010 to 1,49,213 papers in 2020.
The National Science Foundation is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering.

Dec 18, 2022

India International Science Festival (IISF)-2022 to be Held in Bhopal in January 2023

Union Minister of State Science & Technology Jitendra Singh said that India International Science Festival (IISF)-2022 will be held in Bhopal from January 21 to 24, 2023. It is one of the major events to be held after India took over G-20 Presidency.
IISF has evolved progressively through its innovative design of programs and activities connecting various aspects of life to science. The number of participants from India and abroad has grown steadily with every edition and the journey is on involving more and more people to attain the desired outcome. The participation of Department of Space (DOS) and the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) in supporting IISF is an added attraction this year.
IISF is the initiative of the Ministry of Science & Technology and Ministry of Earth Science in association with Vijnana Bharati science movement.

Dec 17, 2022

India to Be First Country to Auction SatCom Spectrum

India will be the first country to auction spectrum for satellite communication, and it should be designed to attract investments in the sector, telecom regulator TRAI Chairman P.D. Vaghela said. Speaking at a Broadband India Forum summit on SatCom, Vaghela said that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will soon make recommendations to make permissions required for satellite communication from various ministries — Information and Broadcasting, Space and Telecom — seamless to enhance ease of doing business in the sector. He also said Trai has received a reference from the Department of Telecommunication for the spectrum required to be put to auction and associated aspects of satellite-based communication.
TRAI is in discussion with experts and regulators worldwide for a suitable model and the consultation paper will be floated after those discussions are over. While telecom operators have proposed to allocate spectrum through an auction for satellite communication, satellite industry players have opposed it.

Dec 15, 2022

Scientists Make First-ever Audio Recording of Extraterrestrial Whirlwind on Mars

When the rover Perseverance landed on Mars, it was equipped with the first working microphone on the planet's surface. Scientists have used it to make the first-ever audio recording of an extraterrestrial whirlwind.
The microphone is not on continuously; it records for about three minutes every couple of days. Getting the whirlwind recording was lucky, though not necessarily unexpected. In the Jezero Crater, where Perseverance landed, the team has observed evidence of nearly 100 dust devils -- tiny tornadoes of dust and grit -- since the rover's landing. This is the first time the microphone was on when one passed over the rover.
The sound recording of the dust devil, taken together with air pressure readings and time-lapse photography, help scientists understand the Martian atmosphere and weather.

Dec 13, 2022

Indian TV artist Dev Joshi to Accompany Yusaku Maezawa for a Trip around Moon

Television actor Dev Joshi announced that he will be joining the "dearMoon CREW" and taking a week-long trip around the moon in a SpaceX rocket in 2023. The 'dearMoon' project was first announced in 2017. As per the project website, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who purchased all the seats aboard the rocket in 2018, revealed the name of the eight people who will be joining him for the all-private lunar endeavour.
Mr. Joshi, the star kid who featured in the TV serial 'Baal Veer', said that he is proud to be part of such an extraordinary, unbelievable, once-in-a-lifetime project.
Meanwhile, apart from Mr Joshi, the eight others accompanying him are Mr Maezawa, DJ and music producer Steve Aoki, 'Everday Astronaut' Youtuber Tim Dodd, Artist Yemi A.D., Photographers Karim Iliya and Rhiannon Adam, filmmaker Brendan Hall and Korean rapper TOP. There are also two backup crew members: snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington of the United States and dancer Miyu of Japan.
The dearMoon project is a lunar tourism mission and art project conceived and financed by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. It will make use of a SpaceX Starship spacecraft on a private spaceflight flying a single circumlunar trajectory around the Moon.

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