Cengage Expert Team Solutions for Chapter: Space Research, Exercise 1: Practice Questions
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Consider the following statements with regard to the regional centres of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO):
1. ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore is involved in the designing and fabrication of satellites.
2. Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad is responsible for the planning and execution of space projects.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements:
1. Artificial satellites are always launched from Earth in the eastward direction.
2. The launch in the eastward direction helps the satellite in attaining the escape velocity.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
Consider the following pairs:
1. Kourou French Guiana - France
2. Cape Canaveral at Miami, Florida - United States
3. Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Russia
Which of the above pair(s) is/are correctly matched?
What is ‘Falcon 9' which was recently seen in the news?
With reference to ‘Hyperplane’, consider the following statements:
1. A Hyperplane will only carry fuel and suck oxygen from the atmosphere.
2. Hyperplane will also be a reusable launch vehicle which can launch satellites multiple times.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
The propellant used in cryogenic engines consists of:
Most of the communication satellites today are placed in a geostationary orbit. In order to stay over the same spot on Earth, a geostationary satellite has to be directly above the:
With reference to the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), consider the following statements:
1. IRNSS is an indigenous satellite-based navigation system originally consisting of seven satellites.
2. Among these seven satellites, three are geostationary and four are geosynchronous.
3. IRNSS has a positional accuracy of 10 m over Indian landmass and up to 20 m over the Indian Ocean region (1,500 km around India).
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
