CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Arianespace launched a rocket from French Guiana carrying Morocco’s second earth observation satellite, the European launch company said. The satellite, named Mohammed VI-B, was developed by Thales Alenia Space and Airbus, Arianespace said in a statement.

Detailed explanation-2: -China successfully launches new satellite for Earth observation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is GISAT-1. GISAT-1 is India’s first Earth-imaging satellite in a geostationary orbit.

Detailed explanation-4: -The EOS-06 is envisaged to observe ocean color data, sea surface temperature and wind vector data to use in Oceanography, climatic and meteorological applications.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sputnik 2 (Russian pronunciation: [ˈsputʲnʲɪk], Russian: -2, Satellite 2), or Prosteyshiy Sputnik 2 (PS-2, Russian: 2, Simplest Satellite 2) was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit, on 3 November 1957, and the first to carry an animal into orbit, a Soviet space dog named Laika.