Context:
WESAT was launched aboard ISRO’s PSLV-C58.
About WESAT:
- WESAT – ‘Women Engineered SATellite’
- The 1st Indian satellite to be fully designed and developed by women.
- Nanosatellite
- Developed by students of the Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Technology for Women (LBSITW) in Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
- Aim: to study ultraviolet radiation and its impact
The primary payload for the 60th mission of the PSLV was the XPoSAT.
Must Read: XPoSat | PSLV
Previous year question
With reference to the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), consider the following statements:
1. IRNSS has three satellites in geostationary and four satellites in geosynchronous orbits.
2. IRNSS covers entire India and about 5500 sq. km beyond its borders.
3. India will have its own satellite navigation system with full global coverage by the middle of 2019.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) None
Ans: a
