INSTA PT 2020 EXCLUSIVE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY May 2019 – February 2020 INSIGHTS PT 2020 EXCLUSIVE (SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) NOTES Table of Contents Defence Technology .................................................................................... 5 1. QUICK REACTION SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES (QRSAM) ................................................ 5 2. MIG-27 ....................................................................................................................... 5 3. PRITHVI-II MISSILE ....................................................................................................... 5 4. PINAKA GUIDED WEAPONS ......................................................................................... 5 5. BRAHMOS MISSILE ...................................................................................................... 5 6. AIR INDEPENDENT PROPULSION (AIP) SYSTEM ............................................................ 6 7. MAN PORTABLE ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILE .............................................................. 6 8. NAG- ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILE (ATGM) .................................................................. 6 9. RUSTOM 2 DRONE ...................................................................................................... 7 10. ASTRA MISSILE ........................................................................................................ 7 11. SPIKE MISSILE .......................................................................................................... 7 12. VARAHA .................................................................................................................. 7 13. SUBMARINE KHANDERI ........................................................................................... 7 14. INDIA’S ANTI-SATELLITE (ASAT) MISSILE ................................................................... 8 15. BHABHA KAVACH .................................................................................................... 8 16. AKASH MISSILE ........................................................................................................ 9 17. AGNI II MISSILE ........................................................................................................ 9 Space Technology ..................................................................................... 10 1. GAGANYAAN MISSION .............................................................................................. 10 2. VYOM MITRA ............................................................................................................ 10 3. NAVIC (NAVIGATION IN INDIAN CONSTELLATION) ..................................................... 10 4. CHANDRAYAAN-2 MISSION ....................................................................................... 12 5. CHANDRAYAAN- 1 ..................................................................................................... 13 6. CHANDRAYAAN-3 ...................................................................................................... 14 7. INDIAN DATA RELAY SATELLITE SYSTEM .................................................................... 14 8. GSAT-30 .................................................................................................................... 14 9. RISAT-2BR1 ............................................................................................................... 15 10. PSLV- C47 .............................................................................................................. 16 11. GEOTAIL ................................................................................................................ 16 12. EAST ASIAN OBSERVATORIES CONSORTIUM .......................................................... 16 13. NASA’S VOYAGER 2 SPACECRAFT ........................................................................... 17 14. SOLAR ORBITER MISSION ....................................................................................... 17 15. VERY LARGE TELESCOPE (VLT) ............................................................................... 19 16. GISAT-1 — GEO IMAGING SATELLITE ..................................................................... 19 17. ADITYA- L1 MISSION .............................................................................................. 20 18. PARKER SOLAR PROBE ........................................................................................... 21 19. PUNCH (POLARIMETER TO UNIFY THE CORONA AND HELIOSPHERE) MISSION ....... 22 20. LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM (LAS) ............................................................................... 22 21. ARTEMIS PROGRAMME ......................................................................................... 22 22. LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER (LRO) .............................................................. 23 23. NASA TO LAUNCH DRAGONFLY .............................................................................. 23 24. OSIRIS-REX ............................................................................................................ 24 25. THIRTY METER TELESCOPE (TMT) .......................................................................... 25 26. SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE .................................................................................... 25 www.insightsonindia.com 1 www.insightsactivelearn.com INSIGHTS PT 2020 EXCLUSIVE (SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) NOTES 27. HABITABLE ZONE ................................................................................................... 26 28. ACCRETION BURST EVENT ..................................................................................... 26 29. SNOWEX ............................................................................................................... 27 30. HERA MISSION ...................................................................................................... 27 31. STARLINK NETWORK PROJECT ............................................................................... 28 32. NASA RENAMES ULTIMA THULE TO ‘ARROKOTH’ ................................................... 29 33. ASTEROID IMPACT DEFLECTION ASSESSMENT (AIDA) ............................................ 29 34. NASA’S KEPLER SPACE TELESCOPE ......................................................................... 30 35. COPERNICUS PROGRAMME ................................................................................... 30 36. SATURN IS THE PLANET WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF MOONS ......................... 31 37. METEOR SHOWERS ............................................................................................... 31 38. METHANE-POWERED ROCKET ENGINE .................................................................. 31 39. PROJECT NETRA ..................................................................................................... 31 40. SAGITTARIUS A* .................................................................................................... 32 41. INTERPLANETARY POLLUTION ............................................................................... 32 42. MAGNETOSPHERIC MULTISCALE MISSION (MMS) ................................................. 32 43. FEDOR ................................................................................................................... 33 44. GRAVITATIONAL LENSING ...................................................................................... 33 45. MARS SOLAR CONJUNCTION ................................................................................. 34 46. HAYABUSA2........................................................................................................... 34 47. SPEKTR- RG ........................................................................................................... 35 48. NASA’S INSIGHT SPACECRAFT ................................................................................ 35 49. NASA’S CURIOSITY ROVER ..................................................................................... 35 50. CHANG’E-4 ............................................................................................................ 36 Technologies / New Discoveries ................................................................ 37 1. REVERSE OSMOSIS (RO) ............................................................................................ 37 2. QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES ....................................................................................... 38 3. QUANTUM SUPREMACY............................................................................................ 38 4. MUKTOSHRI- ARSENIC-RESISTANT RICE ..................................................................... 39 5. WORLD'S MOST EFFICIENT LITHIUM SULPHUR BATTERY DEVELOPED IN AUSTRALIA .. 39 6. IRON ION BATTERY .................................................................................................... 40 7. LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATORY (LIGO) PROJECT ..... 40 8. HYPERLOOP .............................................................................................................. 41 9. POLYCRACK TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................ 41 10. BLACK BOX IN AN AIRPLANE .................................................................................. 42 11. ‘VIRTUAL HUMAN’ NEONS ..................................................................................... 42 12. BLOCK CHAIN TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................