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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - December 2018

Dec 2018

Jun 27, 2024

ISRO to Launch First Satellite on SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket in August

In a first, Indian space agency ISRO will launch its latest large satellite on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.
ISRO chairman S. Somanath announced at the India Space Congress-2024 in New Delhi that the GSAT 20 satellite has been cleared. It will be shipped to the US and launched using the Falcon 9 rocket in the middle of August.
India's latest communications satellite, GSAT 20, is a hi-tech heavy-weight satellite weighing 4,700 kg and will have a high throughput capacity of 48 GBPS. The satellite made by ISRO has 32 spot beams and it has been made to cover all of India but with a special emphasis on providing connectivity for North-eastern India.
The satellite will be owned and operated by ISRO's commercial arm New Space India Ltd (NSIL).

Jun 26, 2024

ISRO Arm NSIL Signs $18-million Deal with Australian Govt. for Commercial Satellite Launch

The Australian government signed an $18-million memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO's) commercial arm NewSpace India Limited (NSIL).
Under the partnership Australian firm Space Machines will launch a satellite inspection and observation payload aboard ISRO's Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) in 2026. Rajat Kulshrestha, cofounder of Space Machines, said that the payload will be the biggest Australian satellite launched to date.

China Becomes 1st Country to Bring Soil Samples from Far Side of the Moon

China became the first country to successfully bring rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon as its Chang'e 6 probe returned on Earth. The probe landed in northern China in the Inner Mongolian region.
Chinese scientists hope that the samples will include 2.5 million-year-old volcanic rock and other material which will help answer questions about geographic differences on the moon's two sides.
The near side of the moon is visible from the Earth and the far side faces outer space. The far side of the moon is known to have mountains and impact craters, contrasting with the relatively flat expanses visible on the near side.

Jun 24, 2024

Sino-French Satellite Launched into Orbit

A satellite developed by China and France, the most powerful yet for studying the farthest explosion of stars, was launched into orbit.
The satellite to study phenomena including gamma-ray bursts was lifted into orbit by a Chinese carrier rocket launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in the south-western province of Sichuan.
The launch of the Space Variable Objects Monitor will play an important role in astronomical discoveries.
It is the first astronomy satellite developed by China and France, although they developed the China-France Oceanography Satellite, launched in 2018.

Jun 22, 2024

IIIT-Delhi Wins Prize for Antimicrobial Resistance Project

A project by the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), won the joint second prize in Trinity Challenge's second competition, on tackling the escalating threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
The Trinity Challenge is a charity supporting the creation of data-driven solutions to help protect against global health threats.
The project, 'AMRSense: Empowering Communities with a Proactive One Health Ecosystem,' was led by Tavpritesh Sethi of IIIT-Delhi in collaboration with CHRI-PATH, 1mg.com, and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
The IIIT-Delhi project shared the second prize with another project, also from India, titled 'OASIS: OneHealth Antimicrobial Stewardship for Informal Health Systems.'

Jun 20, 2024

Dhruva Space's Thybolt Satellites Complete 15,000 Orbits

Dhruva Space's maiden satellite mission comprising Thybolt-1 and Thybolt-2 satellites deorbited after a combined 15,000 orbits. The mission was launched in November 2022 on the Hyderabad-based space start up's 10th anniversary, onboard ISRO PSLV-C54.
The payload used on the Thybolt satellites is a novel Store-and-Forward payload receiving messages from sensor nodes or remote ground stations. It also stores the aforementioned messages on-board flash memory for downlinking them at a network connected ground station. The mission engaged many ham radio operators across India as well.

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