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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - October 2018

Oct 2018

Mar 18, 2022

660 Technologies Developed under Cyber Scheme against Target of 6,824

Union Minister Jitendra Singh informed the Lok Sabha that 660 technologies against the target of 6,824 technologies were developed under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems.
The National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems aims to address the technological requirements of the society, taking into account international trends and road maps of leading countries for the next generation technologies.

Mar 17, 2022

Country's First Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Technology Park Launched in Bengaluru

The country's first Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK) was launched in Bengaluru. It is promoted by a not-for-profit foundation set up by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, with a seed capital of Rs. 230 crore from the State and Central governments.
The ARTPARK has the objective of channelizing innovations to create a societal impact by executing ambitious mission-mode R&D projectsin healthcare, education, mobility, infrastructure, agriculture, retail, and cyber-security aiming to solve problems unique to India.

Mar 15, 2022

ISRO Successfully Conducts Ground Test of Solid Booster Stage for SSLV

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully completed the ground test of the solid-fuel based booster stage (SS1) of its new Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), completing the ground testing of all three stages of the launch vehicle. The new launch vehicle is now ready for its first development flight, which is scheduled for May 2022.
The SSLV was designed to be smaller, cheaper, and quickly assembled for commercial launches on demand. The SSLV is likely to cost Rs. 30 crore as compared to Rs. 120 crore for each Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), which is India's workhorse. It can be assembled by a team of six within seven days in comparison to a team of 600 that takes a couple of months to assemble a PSLV.
The launch vehicle will carry smaller payloads of about 500 kg in comparison to 1,750 kg carried by PSLV.

Mar 14, 2022

Aerospace Start-up Unveils Rover to Carry Astronauts to Moon, Mars

US-based aerospace start-up Venturi Astrolab unveiled a prototype of an interplanetary rover that is designed to transport cargo and people across the surface of the Moon - and eventually, Mars one day.
Called FLEX, for Flexible Logistics and Exploration, the truck-sized rover can crouch down and lift payloads up from the surface of the Moon, carrying them under its belly before depositing them at their intended location.
The rover can manoeuvre semi-autonomously, be controlled remotely - or it can even be modified to include a crew interface, allowing astronauts to ride on the rover while guiding it through lunar terrain.

Mar 12, 2022

ESA Vigil

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Vigil mission, formerly known as Lagrange, is a planned solar weather mission. Under this mission, two spacecraft would be stationed at the Lagrangian points L1 and L5, respectively.
It's the first of its kind mission, with the aim of monitoring the unpredictable and active Sun and help protect the Earth from its outbursts.
Solar flares, coronal mass ejections, geomagnetic storms, solar proton events, and other space weather incidences will be monitored by ESA Vigil.
This mission plans to position two spacecraft in the L1 and L5 Lagrangian points, where gravitational forces interact to provide a stable region where propellant may be saved and observations can be made. Since L1 is located in the solar wind 'upstream' from Earth measurements at the L1 will provide information about the space weather approaching Earth. The L5 point, on the other hand, allows the tracking of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the side in order to assess their speed and direction.

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