CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Indian Army conducts Exercise Skylight to test resilience of its satellite communications.

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: -“GSAT-11 will boost the broadband connectivity to rural and inaccessible Gram Panchayats in the country coming under the Bharat Net Project, which is part of Digital India Programme,” ISRO Chairman Dr K Sivan said.