{"id":31799,"date":"2017-10-04T02:07:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T02:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=31799"},"modified":"2017-10-04T02:07:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T02:07:45","slug":"worlds-smallest-spacecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/worlds-smallest-spacecraft\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s smallest Spacecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: The name of the world&#8217;s small spacecraft launched in June, 2017, is &#8211;<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Sprite<br \/>\n(b) Bright<br \/>\n(c) Kite<br \/>\n(d) Flight<br \/>\n<strong>Answer- (a)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On June 23, 2017, six spacecrafts of the &#8220;Breakthrough-Starshot&#8221; project were launched into low-Earth orbit.<\/li>\n<li>The world&#8217;s smallest spacecraft has been named &#8216;Sprites&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>These spacecraft was attached to Italy&#8217;s satellite &#8216;Max Valier&#8217; and Latvia&#8217;s satellite Venta-1launched by ISRO&#8217;s PSLV-C38.<\/li>\n<li>Weighing only 4 grams, each spacecraft has measurement of 3.5 cm \u00d7 3.5 cm (length x width).<\/li>\n<li>Despite their small size, they are still able to pack in solar panels, computers, sensors, and radios. etc.<\/li>\n<li>Significantly, the Breakthrough Starshot program is a $ 100 million research and engineering program announced funded by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner.<\/li>\n<li>It is notable that an ambitious, decades-long project was announced in April 2016 by Stephen Hawking and Russian physicist and venture capitalist Yuri Milner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2017\/jul\/28\/breakthrough-starshot-successfully-launch-worlds-smallest-spacecraft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2017\/jul\/28\/breakthrough-starshot-successfully-launch-worlds-smallest-spacecraft<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/space\/the-worlds-smallest-spacecraft-has-been-launched-into-orbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/space\/the-worlds-smallest-spacecraft-has-been-launched-into-orbit\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.in\/A-Russian-billionaire-has-launched-the-smallest-ever-spacecraft-into-orbit-a-key-step-to-reaching-a-nearby-star-system\/articleshow\/59781746.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.businessinsider.in\/A-Russian-billionaire-has-launched-the-smallest-ever-spacecraft-into-orbit-a-key-step-to-reaching-a-nearby-star-system\/articleshow\/59781746.cms<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/07\/26\/smallest-spacecraft-ever-launched-make-it-to-low-earth-orbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/07\/26\/smallest-spacecraft-ever-launched-make-it-to-low-earth-orbit\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: The name of the world&#8217;s small spacecraft launched in June, 2017, is &#8211; (a) Sprite (b) Bright (c) Kite (d) Flight Answer- (a) Related facts: On June 23, 2017, six spacecrafts of the &#8220;Breakthrough-Starshot&#8221; project were launched into low-Earth orbit. The world&#8217;s smallest spacecraft has been named &#8216;Sprites&#8217;. 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