Question: ISRO is to set its 2nd launch port in which of the following district of Tamil Nadu?
(a) Villupuram
(b) Cuddalore
(c) Thiruvarur,
(d) Thoothukodi district
Answer: (d)
Related facts:
- On 1 January, 2020; ISRO Chairman K. Sivan announced that ISRO to set its 2nd launch port in Thoothukodi district of Tamil Nadu.
- Sivan made it clear that second launch port of ISRO will be used exclusively to launch small satellite launch vehicles.
- He also informed that for this purpose 2300 acres of land has been acquired.
Other announcement related to ISRO’s future plans:
- In the line of GPS navigation system developed by America, the Indian navigation system called Navic with the indigenous atomic clock will soon be operational.
- It will promote mobile phone manufacturers coming forward to install the regional navigation device.
- Chandrayaan 3 mission to the moon comprising of a lander and a rover is approved by the Union Government.
- India’s first human-crewed mission to outer space Gaganyaan and four men selected from Indian Air Force.
- These four AF men will leave for Russia in the third week of January to get training.
Programmes related to Gaganyaan Mission:
- The Gaganyaan mission targeted to launch by 2022.
- The uncrewed missions will be launched to test the crew module with robots resembling humans.
- This uncrewed space mission will test spacecraft re-entry technology, space capsule recovery experiment and the effect of microgravity on the crew module necessary for human space travel.
Links:
https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/chandrayaan-3-gaganyaan-launch-pad-tuticorin-tamil-nadu-isro-missions-2020-k-sivan-1633087-2020-01-01
http://ddnews.gov.in/national/isro-set-second-launch-port-thoothukodi-district-tamil-nadu-small-satellite-launch-vehicles