CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Inaugurating the new Russian spaceport of Vostochny in the country’s Far East, a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket delivered a trio of satellites into the Earth’s orbit. The historic liftoff marked the beginning of a gradual shift of Russian space activities from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the Russian territory.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Vostochny Cosmodrome (Russian: , romanized: Kosmodrom Vostochny, “Eastern Spaceport") is a Russian spaceport (still partly under construction) above the 51st parallel north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East.

Detailed explanation-3: -RH-75 (ROHINI-75) was the first rocket to be developed by ISRO and is thus a truly Indian rocket. It was launched from TERLS at Thumba in Kerala on November 20, 1967.

Detailed explanation-4: -In total, around 86 countries have attempted some kind of entry into space. However, as of 2022, only 11 countries have the ability to send objects into space using their own launch vehicles, and only three-the U.S., Russia, and China-have ever launched people into outer space.