General Knowledge & General Awareness Notes: Space Research

SPACE RESEARCH

First in Space
- First creator of rules regarding space research Isaac Newton
- First artificial satellite launched in space Sputnik-1 (1957)
- First living being sent in space Louika (a dog)
- Firstever manned spacecraft Vostok-I
- First man in space Yuri Gagarin U.S.S.R. (1961)
- First woman in space Valentina Tereshkova U.S.S.R. (June 1963)
- First man who moved in space out of the spacecraft Alexi Livonov U.S.S.R. (June 1965)
- First person to land on moon Neil Armstrong, America (21st July, 1969)
- First fourwheeled carriage without human Leunokhev-I U.S.S.R. (1970) being on moon
- First space lab in orbit Skylab (America, 1973)
- First space shuttle Columbia (America, 1981)
- First Indian (man) in space Squadron leader—Rakesh Sharma (13th April, 1984)
- First Indian (Woman) in space Kalpana Chawla (19th Nov., 1997)
- First American woman in space Saily Ride (1983)
- First spacecraft on Mars Pathfinder (6 July, 1997)
- First woman who lead spacecraft Allin Collis (America)
- First spacecraft without man Shenzoo, China (20th Nov. 1999)

Indian Space Programme : At a Glance
Satellite - Date - Type  - Launch Vehicle  - Result

Aryabhatta 19-04-75 Scientific Cosmos successful
Bhaskara I 07-06-79 Geosurvey Cosmos successful
Rohini 10-08-79 Geosurvey S.L.V.3 unsuccessful
Rohini D-1 18-07-80 Geosurvey S.L.V.3 successful
Rohini 31-05-81 Scientific S.L.V.3 successful
Apple 19-06-81 Communication Ariane successful
Bhaskara II 20-11-81 Geosurvey Cosonos successful
INSAT-1A 10-04-82 Multipurpose Delta unsuccessful
Rohini 17-04-83 Scientific S.L.V.3 successful
INSAT-1B 30-08-83 Multipurpose Space Shuttle successful
SROSS I 24-03-87 Technical ASLV-D1 unsuccessful
IRS-1A 17-03-88 Remote sensing Vostok successful
SROSS II 17-07-88 Technical ASLV-D2 unsuccessful
INSAT-1C 21-07-88 Multipurpose Ariane-4 unsuccessful
INSAT-1D 12-06-90 Multipurpose Delta successful
IRS-1B 29-08-91 Remote sensing Vostok successful
INSAT-2A 10-07-92 Multipurpose Ariane successful
IRS-ID 29-09-97 Remote sensing PSLV successful
INSAT-3B 22-03-2000 Multipurpose Ariane successful
G-SAT-1 18-04-2001 Multipurpose GSLV-D successful
MAT SAT 12-09-2002 Meteorology PSLVC-4 successful
INSAT-3E 28-09-2003 Communication Ariane-5 successful
Cartosat-1 & hamsat 05-05-2005 Maping and Communication PSLV-C6 successful
CARTOSAT-2 10-01-2007 Communication PSLV-C7 successful
Cartosat-2A 28-04-2008 Communication PSLV-C9 successful
Chandrayaan-I 22-10-2008 Maping and Scientific PSLV-C11 successful
Oceansat-2 24-09-2009 Remote Sensing PSLV-C14 successful
CARTOSAT-2B 12-07-2010 Communication PSLV-C15 successful
RESOURCESAT-2 20-04-2011 Remote Sensing PSLV-C16 successful
GSAT-12 15-07-2011 Communication PSLV-C17 successful
Megha-Tropiques 12-10-2011 Maping and Scientific PSLV-C18 successful
RISAT-1 26-04-2012 Remote Sensing PSLV-C19 successful
Spot-6 09-09-2012 Remote Sensing PSLV-C21 successful
Saral 25-02-2013 Scientific PSLV-C20 successful
GSAT-7 30-08-2013 Defence Ariane-5 successful
MOM 5-11-2013 Mapping PSLV-C25 successful
GSAT-14 05-01-2014 Communication GSLV-D5 successful
IRNSS-1B 04-04-2014 Mapping and Scientific PSLV-C24 successful
Spot-7 30-06-2014 Remote Sensing PSLV-C23 successful
GSAT-16 07-12-2014 Communication Ariane-5 successful
IRNSS-1D 28-03-2015 Mapping and Scientific PSLV-C27 successful
GSAT-6 27-08-2015 Communication GSLV-D6 successful
Astrosat 28-09-2015 Mapping and Scientific PSLV-C30 successful
GSAT-15 11-11-2015 Communication Ariane-5 successful
TELEOS-1 16-12-2015 Mapping and Scientific PSLV-C29 successful
IRNSS-1E 20-01-2016 Mapping and Scientific PSLV-C31 successful
IRNSS-1F 10-03-2016 Mapping and Scientific PSLV-C32 successful
IRNSS-1G 28-04-2016 Mapping and Scientific PSLV-C33 successful
Cartosat-2 & others 22-06-2016 Mapping and Scientific PSLV-C34 successful
insat-3DR 08-09-2016 Meteorology GSLV-F05 successful
Scatsat-1 & others 26-09-2016 Multipurpose PSLV-C35 successful
RESOURCESAT-2A 07-12-2016 Remote Sensing PSLV-C36 successful
CARTOSAT-2 & 103 others 15-02-2017 Multipurpose PSLV-C37 successful
GSAT-9 06-05-2017 Communication GSLV MK-II successful
GSAT-19 05-06-2017 Communication GSLV MK-III-D1 successful
CARTOSAT-2E 23-06-2017 Earth observation Satellite PSLV-C38 successful
GSAT-17 29-06-2017 Earth observation Satellite Ariane-5 ECA successful
Cartosat-2F & others 12-01-2018 Multipurpose PSLV-C40 successful
GSAT-6A 29-03-2018 Communication GSLV-F08 successful
GSAT-7A 19-12-2018 Military Satellite GSLV-MK-II-F11 successful
Chandrayaan-2 22-07-2019 Lunar Exploration GSLV MK-III M01 —
Cartosat-3 27-11-2019 Earth Imagine Satellite PSLV-C47 successful
GSAT-30 17-01-2020 Communication Ariane-5 successful
EOS-01 07-11-2020 Earth Observation PSLV-C49 successful
Amezonia & 19 others 28-02-2021 Communication PSLV-C51 successful
EOS-04 14-02-2022 Earth Observation PSLV-C52 successful