CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -ISRO successfully demonstrated new technology with Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD) – a game changer with multiple applications for future missions. Recently, PSLV-C54 was successfully launched EOS-06 satellite on 26th November 2022 along with Eight Nano-satellites including INDIA-BHUTAN SAT (INS-2B).

Detailed explanation-2: -2022 has witnessed the maximum number of orbital and sub-orbital launches. 149 out of 155 launches were successful in 2022. According to United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), 8261 individual satellites are orbiting the Earth now, out of which 4,852 satellites are active.

Detailed explanation-3: -PSLV launched a total of 62 (27 Indian and 35 foreign) satellites, including Resourcesat-2, Youthsat, X-sat, Cartosat-2B, Alsat-2A, Studsat, Oceansat-2, six nanosatellites, Risat-2, Anusat, Cartosat-2A, IMS-1, DLR-Tubsat, Space capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1), KALPANA-1 and several others satellites.

Detailed explanation-4: -ISRO’s final launch of the calendar year 2022 was the PSLV C54, which carried India’s OceanSat or EOS-06 and a passenger satellite known as BhutanSat. This mission also carried satellites built by Indian start-ups and foreign customers.