{"id":62625,"date":"2018-12-06T11:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T11:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=62625"},"modified":"2018-12-06T11:30:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T11:30:12","slug":"gsat-29-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/gsat-29-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GSAT- 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Consider the following statements in the context of GSAT-29, India\u2019s recent communication satellite sent into orbit on 14<sup>th<\/sup> November:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>It was launched on board GSLV- Mk<\/strong><strong> III<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It is the heaviest satellite launched by India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Choose the correct options of the following:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(a)1 only<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(b)2 only<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(c)Both 1 and 2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(d)Neither 1 nor 2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Answer: (c)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On November 14<sup>th<\/sup>, 2018, ISRO launched the communication satellite GSAT-29 on board; it is second developmental flight GSLV-Mk III D2 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.<\/li>\n<li>GSAT-29 satellite with a lift-off weight mass of 3423 kg (heaviest satellite), is a multi-beam, multiband communication satellite of India. It has a mission life of 10 years and it is 33<sup>rd<\/sup> communication satellite built by ISRO.<\/li>\n<li>GSAT-29 carries Ka\/Ku- band high trough put communication transponders which will bridge the digital divide of users including those in Jammu &amp; Kashmir and Northeastern regions of India.<\/li>\n<li>It is also carrying Q\/V band payload, configured for technology demonstration at higher frequency bands and geo stationary High Resolution Camera. An optical communication payload will be utilised for data transmission at a very high rate for the first time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- ssgc-in-link-res --><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2662621974\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>GSLV- Mk<\/strong><strong> III<\/strong><strong> D2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>It is a three stage heavy lift rocket, measuring 43.494m and weighing 640 tonnes.<\/li>\n<li>The first stage has two boosters with solid propellant, the second is the core with liquid propellant, and the cryogenic engine forms the final stage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>By Ramayan Upadhyay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/Spacecraft\/gsat-29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/Spacecraft\/gsat-29<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/all-you-need-to-know-about-gslv-mk-iii-d2gsat-29-mission\/article25505029.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/all-you-need-to-know-about-gslv-mk-iii-d2gsat-29-mission\/article25505029.ece<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Consider the following statements in the context of GSAT-29, India\u2019s recent communication satellite sent into orbit on 14th November: It was launched on board GSLV- Mk III It is the heaviest satellite launched by India. Choose the correct options of the following: (a)1 only (b)2 only (c)Both 1 and 2 (d)Neither 1 nor 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1123],"tags":[3067],"class_list":["post-62625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snes","tag-scientific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}