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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - January 2019

Jan 2019

Oct 10, 2021

Strange Solar System Object is part-asteroid, part-comet

Scientists have identified a rare solar system object with traits of both an asteroid and a comet.
The object, dubbed 2005 QN173, orbits like any other asteroid, but most such objects are rocks that don't change much as they loop through the solar system. Not so for 2005 QN173, which was first spotted in 2005 (hence the name), according to new research. Instead, it looks like a comet, shedding dust as it travels and sporting a long, thin tail, which suggests that it's covered with icy material vaporizing away into space — even though comets usually follow elliptical paths that regularly approach and retreat from the sun.

Oct 09, 2021

PM Modi to launch 'Indian Space Association'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, digitally launch the 'Indian Space Association' (ISpA).
Indian Space Association (ISpA) is the premier industry association of space and satellite companies.
ISpA is represented by leading home grown and global corporations having advanced capabilities in space & satellite technologies.
Founding members of ISpA include Nelco (Tata Group), Bharti Airtel, Larsen & Toubro, Mapmyindia, OneWeb, Walchandnagar Industries and Ananth Technology Limited.
Core members include BEL, Godrej, Hughes India, Centum Electronics, Azista-BST Aerospace Private Limited and Maxar India.

Oct 08, 2021

UAE Annouces Probe Targeting Asteroids between Mars and Jupiter

United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced its plan to send a probe on an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter for collecting data regarding origins of the universe.
If this mission is successful, UAE will join the elite club of the European Union, Japan and the United States. These countries have already completed its mission either an asteroid or a comet.
UAE's mission would remain behind on the asteroid and transmit back the information regarding the composition of asteroid on the Earth.
Project will be launched in 2028 and will landing on asteroid in 2033.
During a five-year journey, spacecraft will travel around 3.6 billion kilometres.
It will need to slingshot first across Venus and then Earth for gathering enough speed to reach an asteroid located around 560 million kilometres away.

China's Moon Mission Returned Youngest ever Lava

The rock samples brought back from the Moon in December by China's Chang'e-5 mission were really young.
It's all relative, of course, but the analysis shows the basalt material - the solidified remnants of a lava flow - to be just two billion years old.
Compare this with the samples returned by the Apollo astronaut missions. They were all over three billion years of age.
China's robotic Chang'e-5 mission was sent to a site on the lunar nearside called Oceanus Procellarum.
It was carefully chosen to add to the sum of knowledge gained from previous sample returns - the last of which was conducted by a Soviet probe in 1976.

Starscapes Launches Second Astronomical Observatory in Bhimtal, Uttrakhand

Starscapes, India's first and only chain of observatories, has come up with its news launch; a second, new, public observatory in Uttarakhand. The new observatory 'Stargate Observatory Bhimtal' by Starscapes Experiences Pvt Ltd is situated in Bhimtal, Naukuchiatal Main Road. The place is easily accessible from all the main tourist spots present in the district.

Oct 07, 2021

NASA to Launch Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission

American Space Agency, NASA has announced to launch "asteroid-killing Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft" in November 2021.
The spacecraft will be launched, aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.
It will be launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
Under this mission, NASA will build advanced technologies which would protect the Earth from hazardous asteroid collision.
NASA is planning for this spacecraft because astronomers and scientists have been warning that; asteroids might cause most damage if proper defence system is not developed against them. For instance, an asteroid collision caused the extinction of dinosaurs from planet 66 million years ago.

Oct 06, 2021

Airtel Conducts India's First Rural 5G Trial

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel and equipment maker Ericsson have conducted India's first 5G network trial in a rural location, demonstrating the potential that 5G can unleash in bridging the digital divide.
The demonstration took place in Bhaipur Bramanan village on the outskirts of Delhi-NCR using 5G trial spectrum allocated to Airtel by the Department of Telecom.
The trial showcases the massive potential offered by 5G towards bridging the digital divide by enabling access to high-speed broadband through solutions such as enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) services.

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