Category: Space Science
Day and Night Microphysics RGB Imager
An article explaining how the weather department uses satellites to track North India’s fog was published recently.
Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKAO)
India has decided to formally join the Square Kilometer Array
Peregrine Mission I
U.S moon landing attempt due to lack of fuel got doomed.
GSAT-20 | New Space India Limited (NSIL)
India to use SpaceX Falcon-9 Rocket to Launch Communications Satellite GSAT-20 in 2024.
WESAT
WESAT was launched aboard ISRO’s PSLV-C58.
Cosmic Distance Ladder | Astronomical units (AU) | Light year | Parsecs
No human probe has travelled much beyond the Solar System, yet we are able to measure distances across billions of light-years.
Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) Telescope
Astronomers detect a circumstellar disk around a star in the Large Magellanic Cloud (satellite galaxy of the Milky Way).
XPoSat | PSLV
Context: About XPoSAT Polarimetry – a technique to measure the polarisation of light. It is a powerful tool that allows astronomers…
Near Space Region
China sets up Near-Space Command for Hypersonic Weapons Force.
Atmospheric Wave Experiment | Airglow | Atmospheric Gravity Waves
NASA set to launch Atmospheric Wave Experiment (AWE) mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)
NASA successfully experimented Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC).
X-Ray Polarization in Black Hole
Indian researchers detected polarized emissions for the first time from a black hole outside the Milky Way using a technique called X-ray polarimetry.