CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The satellites on-board SSLV-D1 were placed in a highly elliptical orbit during the August launch due to a shortfall in velocity, with orbits decaying soon after, making the satellites unusable. This happened despite the first three solid stages working as they should.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D1) failed during its maiden launch in August last year. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday released the failure analysis report of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D1), which failed during its maiden launch in August last year.

Detailed explanation-3: -Of the 4, 852 active artificial satellites orbiting the Earth as of January 1, 2022, 2, 944 belong to the United States. This is by far the largest number of any single country, with their nearest competitor, China, accounting for only 499.

Detailed explanation-4: -Launched on 15 February 2017 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, the rocket successfully carried and deployed a record number of 104 satellites in sun-synchronous orbits in a single mission, breaking the earlier record of launching 37 satellites by a Russian Dnepr rocket on 19 June 2014.