Space & Astronomy GK
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Q1.A satellite that remains fixed over one point on the equator is in which type of orbit?
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A geostationary satellite orbits at the same rate as Earth rotation.
Q2.ESA is the space agency of which region?
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ESA is the European Space Agency.
Q3.ISRO is the space agency of which country?
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ISRO is the Indian Space Research Organisation.
Q4.Kalpana Chawla, who died in the Columbia disaster, was born in which country?
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Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-born American astronaut.
Q5.NASA is the space agency of which country?
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NASA is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the USA.
Q6.Pakistan first satellite was named what?
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Badr-1 was launched in 1990 as Pakistan first indigenous satellite.
Q7.Roscosmos is the space agency of which country?
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Roscosmos is the Russian state space corporation.
Q8.SUPARCO is the space agency of which country?
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SUPARCO is the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission of Pakistan.
Q9.SUPARCO was established in which year?
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SUPARCO was established in 1961, making it one of the earliest space agencies.
Q10.The Apollo 11 mission landed on the Moon in which year?
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Apollo 11 landed on the Moon on 20 July 1969.
Q11.The Chandrayaan missions were launched by which country?
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Chandrayaan is India lunar exploration programme.
Q12.The Chang-e lunar programme belongs to which country?
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Chang-e is the Chinese Lunar Exploration Programme.
Q13.The first artificial satellite launched into space was named what?
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Sputnik 1 was launched by the USSR on 4 October 1957.
Q14.The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in which year?
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The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in April 1990.
Q15.The International Space Station is a joint project involving how many principal space agencies?
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The ISS involves NASA, Roscosmos, ESA, JAXA and CSA.
Q16.The James Webb Space Telescope was launched in which year?
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The James Webb Space Telescope launched in December 2021.
Q17.The Voyager 1 spacecraft was launched in which year?
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Voyager 1 was launched in September 1977.
Q18.Which Apollo mission suffered an in-flight explosion but returned safely?
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Apollo 13 suffered an oxygen tank explosion in 1970 but the crew survived.
Q19.Which country was the first to land a spacecraft on the Moon?
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The Soviet Luna 2 was the first spacecraft to reach the Moon surface in 1959.
Q20.Which country was the first to soft-land on the far side of the Moon?
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China Chang-e 4 achieved the first far-side landing in January 2019.