Important Events of Satellites Related Important Events ⚡

Date of EventEvent / Incident
31 January 1958Explorer 1 the United States' first satellite, waslaunched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and became the first spacecraftto detect the Van Allen radiation belt.
18 December 1958The United States launched the world's first telecom satellite Score.
23 May 1958The satellite explorer 1 transmission stopped. Explorer 1 was the first satellite in the United States, which was launched as its participation in the international geophysical year. The mission followed two satellites last year; The Soviet Union, the beginning of the Cold War Space Race between the two countries.
18 December 1958The United States launched SCORE, the world's first communications satellite.
17 February 1959Vanguard 2, the first weather satellite, was launched to measure cloud cover distribution.
07 August 1959Explorer 6 was sent to class to catch the Earth's first satellite photographs by the unmanned American spacecraft. Later in September, NASA released photographs to the World Press. It was Mexico that captured 6, as it went to the west on Earth at a speed of 20,000 mph.
29 September 1962Alouette 1, Canada's first satellite, and the first satellite built by any other country besides the Soviet Union or the United States was launched.
10 July 1962Telstar was launched in class. It was the first communication satellite in the world. It was launched by the US space agency NASA. It was launched with the help of a thor-dalta rocket. This successfully broadcast the satellite television broadcasting.
11 February 1970Japan launched the first satellite Yosumi, on a Lambda-4 rocket.
18 February 1971India established the first satellite contact with Britain through the Arvi satellite station.
14 February 1989The first satellite based on the Global Positioning System was placed near Earth's orbit in space.
31 August 1998North Korea claimed to successfully launch its first satellite, Quangmyongsong -1, although no item was extracted from the launch.
24 October 2007The first satellite Chang 'A1 in the Chinese Lunar Exploration) was launched from the Zichang Satellite Launch Center.

Important Events of Satellites Questions and Answer ⚡

Question: Which is the first satellite of India?

 ◉ INSAT-1A (May 19, 1975)

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 ◉ Aryabhata (April 19, 1975)

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 ◉ Bhaskar-I (April 20, 1975)

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 ◉ Rohini-RS-1 (April 19, 1978)

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Question: From where was India's first satellite Aryabhatta launched?

 ◉ From America's spaceport

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 ◉ From the Cosmodrome of Russia (on 19 April 1975)

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 ◉ From India's Satish Dhawan Space Center

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 ◉ From Taiyuan satellite launch center of China

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Question: Which is the first satellite launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)?

 ◉ Kalpana -1

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 ◉ Megha-tropics

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 ◉ Aryabhata

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 ◉ First satellite

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Question: Which country launched the world's first satellite to monitor greenhouse gases?

 ◉ India

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 ◉ Japan

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 ◉ America

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 ◉ China

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Question: In the year 2009, which country launched the world's first satellite dedicated to monitoring 'Green House Gas Emissions'?

 ◉ India

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 ◉ America

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 ◉ Japan

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 ◉ Russia

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Question: ISRO launched the world's first satellite dedicated to education, EDUSAT, in which month?

 ◉ in August 2004

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 ◉ in September 2004

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 ◉ in October 2004

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 ◉ in November 2004

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Question: When was India's first satellite 'Aryabhatta' launched?

 ◉ In 1977 AD

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 ◉ In 1976 AD

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 ◉ In 1975 AD

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 ◉ In 1974 AD

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Question: What is the name of the country, which launched the first satellite "Sputnik" into space?

 ◉ China

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 ◉ the Soviet Union

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 ◉ America

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 ◉ Russia

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Question: On 17 April 2019, Nepal launched its first satellite with the help of America, named-

 ◉ Napalisat-1

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 ◉ Kathmandu C-1

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 ◉ Hindu set-1

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 ◉ Ravana 1

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