CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -What has the name of this exercise? Explanation: The Indian Army conducted a pan-India satellite communication exercise named ‘Ex Skylight’, in the last week of July.

Detailed explanation-2: -Skylight exercise was aimed at testing operational readiness of satellite communication assets and giving training to personnel manning these assets. Important facts about the Skylight Mega-exercise include; Skylight Mega-Exercise was pan-India exercise, covering Lakshadweep and Andaman Islands.

Detailed explanation-3: -GSAT-7, the multi-band communication satellite named Rukmini carries the payloads in UHF, C band and Ku band. It is the first dedicated military communication satellite (unlike earlier dual use satellites) built by ISRO that will provide services to the Indian Armed Forces with the main user being the Indian Navy.

Detailed explanation-4: -What are the GSAT 7 series satellites? GSAT 7 satellites are advanced satellites developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to meet the communication needs of the defence services. The GSAT 7 satellite was launched in August 2013 from an Ariane 5 ECA rocket from Kourou in French Guiana.

Detailed explanation-5: -By Abhishek Bhalla : The Indian Army conducted the first of its kind large-scale exercise to boost its space domain capabilities. The aim of the exercise, codenamed skylight, was to test operational readiness of satellite communication assets and training of personnel manning these.