Monday, 9 September 2024

JANUARY TO AUGUST ISRO & SPACE CA IN 2024

JUNE - 

DEVELOPED - 

ISRO Has Developed An Indigenous Computational Fluid Dynamics ( CFD) Software For Aerodynamic Studies Called Parallel RANS Solver For  Aerospace Vehicle Aero- Thermo- Dynamic Analysis (PraVaHa).




AGNIKUL COSMOS - 

Uma Maheshwari K The Project Director Of Agnikul Cosmos ( SoRTeD Mission) 

* She Is The First Ever Woman Project Director Of a Space Launch Vehicle. 

* Saraniya Periyaswamy, Vehicle Director Of SoRTeD Mission. 



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INAUGURATION - 

Dr S Somnath, CHAIRMAN ISRO Has Inaugurated The State Of The Art Propellant Tank Production And CNC Machining Facilities  At HAL's Aerospace Division.


ISRO Has Released Images Of. ADITYA L1 Which Capture Geomagnetic Storm In Sun In May 2024.


 New Space Research And Technology Private Limited Launched The New Jungle Penetration Swarm Concept (JPSC) 


RESEARCH - 

Researchers Of IIT Madras And NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Are Studying Multi Drug Resistant Pathogens On The International Space Station ( ISS). 


MOU SIGNED - 

Adani Defense And UAE's Edge GROUP Has Signed A Strategic Agreement On Aerospace Sector.

 Innovations For Defense Excellence (iDEX) Signed The Pact With Pixxel Space Technologies Private Limited For Design And Development Of Miniaturized Satellite Capable Of Carrying Electro- Optical, Infrared, Synthetic Aperture Radar And Hyperspectral Payload Upto 150 Kg.

New Space INDIA Limited ( NSIL) Has Signed A Contract ( $ 18 million) With An Australian Company To Launch Its Satellite On-board SSLV In 2026.

Hyderabad Based Dhruv Space Has Signed Pact With French Kineis To Launch Its loT Payload P-30 Satellite in 2025.


DISCOVERY - 

The Scientists Of Ahmedabad Based Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) Have Discovered Three New Craters On Mars. 

( Two New Craters Have Been Named On Bihar And Uttar Pradesh Town Name As HILSA And MURSAN By International Astronomical Union).


PERSON DIED - 

Srinivas Hegde, Director Of Chandrayaan Mission 1 Passed Away.

 Indian National Space Promotion And Authorisation Centre ( INSPACe) Has Launched The Pre-Incubation Entrepreneurship (PIE) Development Programme To Support And Nurture Early Stage Space Startup.

LAUNCHED - 

 ISRO Successfully Demonstrated The AUTONOMOUS Landing Capability Of The Reusable Launch  Vehicle (RLV) PUSHAPAK.


AWARDS - 

 Chandrayaan-3 Mission, ISRO Has Win The Prestigious IAF World Space Award. 

JANUARY - 

LAUNCHED - 

Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO) Has Launched PSLV-C58 Xposat Mission Which Carries X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPOSat) From Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. (To Study On Black holes, neutron Stars).

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Has Successfully Tested a 100W Class Polymer Electrolytes Membrane Fuel Cell Based Power System (FCPS) In Orbit Platform 

 Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and INDIAN Coast Guard Have Launched The 2nd Generation DISTRESS ALERT TRANSMITTER For Fisherman With Two Way Communication Including NAVIC Compatibility.


INAUGURATION - 

 ISRO Chairman, Dr S Somnath Has Inaugurated The Indian Space Startup PIXXEL, In Bengaluru.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated Boeing's Largest Facility Outside Of US In BIETC Campus In Bangalore, Karnataka.  ( Built Cost 1600 Crores) Aerospace Firm. 

 Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar Has Inaugurated The ATAL- KALAM Center For Extension Research And Innovation At Gujarat University. 


APPOINTMENTS - 

William McCombe Has Been Appointed As The CFO Of Pixxel Space.


MOU SIGNED - 

New Space INDIA Limited (NSIL) And Ariane Space Have Signed An MoU For A Long Term Partnerships To Meet The Global Commercial Satellite  Launch Service.



AWARD - 

 ISRO Presented With INDIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD For Year 2023 In The Category Of Outstanding Achievement.

Chandrayaan 3 Has WON The ASTRO Award For The Most Inspirational And Innovative Mission In 2023.

ISRO Scientist Dr Ritu Karhidal Srivastav Has Honoured With GAURAV SAMMAN By Uttar Pradesh Government.

FEBRUARY - 

WORLD SPACE - 

Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Kononeko Has Set A Record By Most Time Spent On Space Almost 2.5 Years 

US Space Agency NASA Has Discovered a Super Earth a Planet Capable Of Supporting Life Situated 137 Light Years Away. ( Planet Named - TOI-715b) 

 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Has Successfully Launched H3 Rocket For The First Time. 

* A spacecraft Built And Flown By Texas Based Company Intuitive Machines Landed Near South Pole Of Moon.



MOU SIGNED - 

 Telengana State Aviation Academy Signed An MoU With National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC) Of ISRO To Provide Advanced Training Drone Pilots.

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) Has Signed MoU With Canada Based QSTC Inc To Provide End To End Solution In Space Domain.


AWARDS - 

 ISRO Chairman Dr S Somnath Has Received The KPP Nambiar Award From IEEE Kerala.


 ISRO Has Initiated Yuva Vigyani Karyakram (Young Scientist Programme) 2024.

 ISRO Successfully Launched The INSAT 3DS Meteorological Satellite Onboard A Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle F14 (GSLV-F14) From Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.



INAUGURATION


* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The PLV Integration Facility (PIF) At Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

* Also Inaugurate The Semi Cyrogenics Integrated Engine AND Stage Test Facility AT ISRO Propulsion Complex At Mahendragiri.

* Inaugurated Trisonic Wind Tunnel At VSSC.
* Four Indians Selected For Indias Gaganyaan Mission.

*) Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair 

*) Group Captain Ajit Krishnan 

*) Group Captain Angad Pratap 

*) wing Commander Subhanshu Shukla 

8) ISRO Given New Name To India Reusable Launch Vehicle Tech Demonstrater Is PUSHPAK.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Laid Foundation Stone For ISRO's 2nd Space Port In Kulasekarpattinam, Tamilnadu.


SUMMIT - 

Chief Of Defense Staff General Anil Chauhan Inaugurated The DEFSAT a Three Days Space Seminar And Exhibition At The Manekshaw Center, New Delhi.


* The Institute Of Astrophysics Will Celebrate National Science Day As IIA Open Day On 25th February.

MARCH - 

* Tamilnadu Has Signed MoU With IN-SPACe For Establishing Space Manufacturing Clusters In State.

* Bengaluru Based New Space Research And Technologies Has Signed A Contract For Design And Development Of An Indigenous High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HARS) For Indian Navy Under iDEX Initiative.

* ISRO Successfully Tested The Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Technology Through The RLV LEX-02 Experiment Twice, At ATR, Chitradurga, Karnataka. ( PUSHPAK)

 International Astronomical Union Has Approved The Chandrayaan 3 Landing Site Named As Shiva Shakti.

Zero Debris In Orbit Successfully Achieved By PSLV Orbital Experimental Module-3 (POEM-3) 

Hyderabad Based Private Rocket SKYROOT Has Successfully Test Fired Kalam 250 Stage 2 Motor Of Vikram 1 Rocket At ISRO Facility.


AWARD - 

* Cd' A Sripriya Ranganathan (ISRO) Received The Prestigious Aviation Week Laureate Award.


MOU SIGNED - 

* ISRO And BRIN Indonesia Has Signed MoU For Title Transfer And Utilization Of Biak Telemetry Tracking And Command Station.


APP DEVELOPED - 

* Vikram Sarabhai Space Center Has Developed A Multi Purpose App Called SAKHI ( That Will Help Astronaut On Gaganyaan Space Flight) 


RENAME - 

* International Astronomical Union (IAU) Has Destinated Asteroid 2005 EX296 As (215884) JAYANTMURTY. 

Professor Jayant Murty Was Acting Director Of The Indian Institute Of Astrophysics (IIA)

APRIL - 

Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (KSO), Tamilnadu  Was Completed 125 Years On 1st April 2024 By Indian Institute Of Astrophysics (IIA) 


 Coimbatore Based Lakshmi Machine Works Advanced Technology Center ( LMW ATC) Delivered India's Largest Composite Ogive Payload Fairing To ISRO For GSLV MK-III.


LAUNCHED - 

 Space X Falcon 9 Launched BANDWAGON-1 Mission, 11 Space crafts including Korea's 425Sat, HawkEye 360's Clusters 8 &9, Tyvak International CENTAURI-6, iQPS QPS-SAR7 TSUKUYOMI-II, Capella Space's CAPELLA-14, And Tata Advanced System Limited TSAT-1A.

COURTESY - SPACE X 


MOU SIGNED - 

 The Exchange Of MoU Between CII And The Union Of Japanese Scientists And Engineers (JUSE) At The India Japan Business Conference 


AWARD - 

 ISRO's Chandrayaan 3 Mission Received The US Space Exploration Award.

Chandrayaan 3 Has Been Adjudged With John L Jack Swigert Jr Award In The Us For Space Exploration.) 

Dr. P Veermuthuvel Has Received The Honorary Doctorate From Vels University. 

( Dr P Veermuthuvel, The Project Coordinator At Chandrayaan 3 ).

The Kanakia International School Of Mumbai Won Rookie Of The Year And KIET Group Of Institution Delhi Has Win The Crash And Burn Category Award, Hosted By NASA.


DEVELOPED - 

 ISRO Achieved A New Feet By Developing With Light Weight Carbon Carbon Rocket Engine Nozzle. (for Rocket). 

India's Space Startup GalaxEye Has Developed World's First Multi Sensor Imaging Satellite For The Indian Armed Forces.


INAUGURATION - 

ISRO Chief Dr S Somnath Has Inaugurated The Asia's First Dedicate Command AND Control Center For Space Domain Awareness (SDA) At Bengaluru Based Startup DIGANTARA.


APPOINTED - 

SAPCE INDIA Appointed Sanjana Sanghi As Its Brand Ambassador. 


ARYABHATA, India's First Satellite Completed 49 Years On 19th April 2024.

MAY - 

MOU SIGNED - 

Small Industries Development Bank Of India (SIDBI) Has Signed MoU With T-Hub Hyderabad For Seed Funding Working In Defense And Space Technologies.

IIT Gandhinagar Signed A MoU With Adani Defense And Aerospace To Collaborate In Technology, AI Learning, Machine Learning.




ISRO In Collaboration With IIT KANPUR, IIT Dhanbad And NASA And University Of Southern California Discovered That The Moon's Polar Region Have underground Ice Reserves 5 To 8 Times Larger Than Ice Surface.


 ISRO Has Successfully Conducted The Ignition Test On Semi Cryogenic Pre Burner Ignition Test Article (PITA) At The Semi Cryo Integrated Engine Test Facility ( SIET) At Mahendra Giri.


ISRO Has Successfully Hot Tested a New PS4 Liquid Rocket Engine Manufactured Through Additive Manufacturing Technology.



Bangalore Watch Company Apogee Karman Line Wrist Watch Has Recently Completed a Stratospheric Flight, Covering 114,000 Feet (35 km) From Earth Atmosphere.


Astrosat Enables Indian Scientists To Discovered The Aperiodic Modulation Of High Energy X-RAY Photons In Swift- J1727.8-1613 a Black Hole -X Ray Transient.

Hyderabad Based Startup ABYOM SPACE Has Successfully Concluded Its First Battleship Engine Testing Series ( 150+ Test) ( Developed India's First Reusable Rocket) 

AGNIKUL - 

 AGNIKUL COSMOS Successfully Launched The Sub Orbital Technology Demonstrator Mission  The Agnibaan SoRTed-01 Mission From The Launch Pad. ( From SDSC-SHAR At Sriharikota) 

( The First Ever Controlled Flight Of a Semi-Cryogenic Liquid Engine Through Additive 3D Manufacturing) 

AUGUST - 

Scientists From IISC Bengaluru And Birbal Sahani Institute Of Palaeoscinces Lucknow, Have Identified The Ladakh To Be Ideal Location For India's FIRST Mars and Moon Analogue Research Station.

 Indian Astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla And Group Captain Prasanth Balkrishnan Nair Have Been Selected For Upcoming Axiom-4 Mission To The International Space Station.

* ISRO's Chandrayaan 3 Maps The Lunar Surface Composition At The High Latitude Southern Hemisphere For The First Time.

National Space Day - 23rd August (First Anniversary) 

Theme 2024 - Touching Lives While Touching The Moon: India's Space Saga, Which Emphasize The Profound Impact Of Space Exploration On Society And Technology

AWARDS - 

Professor Subhangi Digamber Chikte And Professor Jayshree Agarkhed Have Been Honoured With  The Professor Satish Dhawan Award For Engineers For 2022.

ISRO Chairman Dr S Somnath And DRDO Chairman Dr Samir V Kamat Have Been Awarded With Lifetime Fellowship Awards From IIT Kharagpur.

NAMED AFTER - 

A Moon Crater Has Been Named After PASANG Lhamu Shepra.


SPACE ZONE LAUNCHED - 

World's First Mobile Hybrid Reusable Rocket Rhumi-1 Has Launched From Chennai. 

( This Rocket Has Developed By Space StartUp Space Zone And Martin Group) ( Launched on 24th August 2024) 

* FEATURE - Has Potential To Reduce The Cost Of Future Space Mission) 

* It Carries a Payload Of 3 Cube Satellites And 50 PICO Satellites 


LAUNCHED - 

ISRO Successfully Launched The SSLV-D3 EOS 08 Earth Observation Satellite From Satish Dhawan Space Research Center, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.


NEW - 

On National Space Day, NIBE Limited Announced The Launch Of NIBE Space Private Limited (NSPL) 

( With The Mission To Develops India's First Sovereign Earth Observation Satellite ) 

MOU SIGNED - 

An MoU Signed Between The Ministry Of External Affairs, Government Of India And New Space INDIA Limited  (NSIL) For Grants Assistance For Launch Of Nepal's Munal Satellite. 

( The Satellite Is Developed In Nepal Under The Aegis Of Nepal Academy Of Science And Technology (NAST) 

The 3rd Annual Meeting Of Indian Space Association ( ISPA) Held. 

* Indian Space Association ( ISPA) Signed MoU With All India Council For Technical Education ( AICTE) To Fostering The Collaborative Development Of Space Education In India. 

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