Sunday, 10 November 2024

JANUARY TO OCTOBER ISRO & SPACE CURRENT AFFAIRS IN 2024

OCTOBER - 

*  BEL, SAC, ISRO Signed MoU For Production Of Space Grade Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier In INDIA.

* NASA's Europa Clliper Mission For Planet Jupiter's Moon Europa Due To Hurricane Milton.

* Aerospace Start Up Space Kidz India Has Launched The Shakthi SAT Mission ; Empowering 12,000 Girls In Space Technology. ( IN 108 NATION) 


*  Gaganyaan Mission Bagdes Are Unveiled 

TRIAL - 

* Hyderabad Based Skyroot Aerospace Has Successfully Flight Qualified The Reaction Control System (RCS) Of Vikram 1 Rocket.

* Cabinet Has Approved The Establishment Of Rs 1000 Crores Venture Capital Fund For Space Sector Under IN-Space


DEVELOPED - 

*  Bengaluru Based Pixxel Has Unveiled The Next Generation  Fireflies Hyperspectral Satellite.


MOU SIGNED -

* Srilanka Northern Uni Has Signed MoU With The Chennai Based SpaceKidz India To Jointly Developed And Launch Student Build Communication Satellite With ISRO 

*  Bengaluru Based Bellatrix Aerospace Signed MoU With New Space INDIA Limited ( NSIL) To Integrate Its Orbital Transfer Vehicle.

*  ISRO And Department Of Biotechnology (DBT) Has Signed MoU For Expansive Advancement In Space Biotechnology In India. 


AWARDS - 

* ISRO Has Honoured With Prestigious IAF World Space Award 2024 For Chandrayaan 3.

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*  NASA Has Launched The EUROPA CLLIPER To Jupiter's Moon Europa.

* Hong Kong Launched World's First Large Scale AI Model Earth Observation Satellite 

( The Chinese University Of Hong Kong (CUHK) Launched The Hong Kong Youth Science And Technology Innovation Satellite )

* China Has Launched The Spacecraft Shenzhou-19 To Send Three Astronaut Into Low Earth Orbit. 

* It Is China's 14th Crew Mission 

SEPTEMBER - 

HOST - 

* ISRO & CNES Jointly Organised International Science Workshop On High Resolution Thermal Earth Observation.

* ISRO Has Finalized The Site For Its Temporary Grounded Tracking Station At AUSTRALIA Cocos.


* Chandrayaan 3 Rover Pragyan Rover Discovered An Ancient 160 km Wide Crater  On The Lunar South Pole 


MOU SIGNED - 

* Nibe Space Private Limited Has Signed MoU With Leading Infra & Defense Companies And Start Up Of India To Collaborate For The Supplement Of Equipment, Service, Skills And Support.

* The Skyroot Aerospace Private Limited Has Signed MoU With Nibe Space Private Limited To Launch Their Constellation Of Earth Observation Satellite 

* Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) And Aryabhatta Research Institute Of Observational Sciences (ARIES) Signed MoU For Collaboration In Space Technologies.


TESTED - 

* Bengaluru Based Startup SPACE FIELDS Has Successfully Static Tested India's First Aerospike Rocket Engine At IISC Chalakere.


* The Soyuz MS-26 Crew Has Successfully Docked With The ISS.


DEVELOPED - 

* Bengaluru Based Startup BELLATRIX Aerospace Unveiled The Project 200, An Innovative Satellite Designed To Operate At An Ultra Low Earth Orbit.

 * Shubhanshu Shukla Set To India's Next Astronaut To Fly Space After 40 Years.

BOOKS - 

* ISRO Chairman Dr S Somnath Has Released The Coffee Table Book On ISRO Brought Out By The Hindu Publishers.


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).



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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
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* 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.


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* 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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