CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -GSLV MkIII-D2 successfully launches GSAT-29. India’s GSAT-29 communication satellite was successfully launched by the second developmental flight of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle MarkIII (GSLV MkIII-D2) on Wednesday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota .

Detailed explanation-2: -X (Suborbital flight test) The maiden flight of the GSLV Mk III lifted off from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center on 18 December 2014 at 04:00 UTC.

Detailed explanation-3: -GSLV-Mk III-M1 / Chandrayaan-2 Mission.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) heaviest and most-advanced high throughput communication satellite GSAT-11 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana during the early hours today.

Detailed explanation-5: -GSLV Mark-III or LVM3 was used to launch the Chandrayaan-2 mission to the moon in 2019, which was the first operational flight of the rocket. LVM3 was used to put 36 OneWeb satellites into orbit on Sunday and will also be used for a similar mission next year.