CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Ensuring that nothing goes out of sight, Digantara, a space industry start-up is launching India’s first-ever commercial Space Situational Awareness (SSA) observatory. It is put up in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand.

Detailed explanation-2: -Astrosat. AstroSat is India’s first dedicated Space Astronomy Observatory launched into a 650-km, 6° inclination orbit on September 28, 2015, with a lift-off mass of 1515 kg, by PSLV-C30 (XL) rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre Sriharikota.

Detailed explanation-3: -India’s first commercial space situational awareness observatory, to track objects as small as 10 cm in size orbiting the earth, will be set up in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand by Digantara, a space sector start-up.

Detailed explanation-4: -India’s first private space mission christened Prarambh-by Skyroot Aerospace based in Hyderabad-is set for a 11:30 am launch today from Indian Space Research Organization’s (Isro’s) Satish Dhawan Launch Centre at Sriharikota. Mint explains the significance of the mission.

Detailed explanation-5: -Space Situational Awareness (SSA) refers to keeping track of objects in orbit and predicting where they will be at any given time. It involves monitoring the movement of all objects - natural (meteors) and man-made (satellites) - and tracking space weather.