CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite inside the payload fairing, is lifted to vertical at Space Launch Complex-4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Nov.

Detailed explanation-2: -Following Jason-3, the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is now the new reference altimetry mission satellite to provide the most precise sea level data in the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -SLV. Satellite Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3) was India’s first experimental satellite launch vehicle, which was an all solid, four stage vehicle weighing 17 tonnes with a height of 22m and capable of placing 40 kg class payloads in Low Earth Orbit (LEO (Low Earth Orbit) ).

Detailed explanation-4: -Launchers or Launch Vehicles are used to carry spacecraft to space. India has three active operational launch vehicles: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk-III (LVM3).