2. On July 20, 1969, Commander Neil
Armstrong became the first man on the
moon.
He said the historic words, "One small
step for man, one giant leap for mankind.“
To walk on the moon's surface, the
astronauts needed to wear a space suit with
a back mounted, portable life support
system. This controlled the oxygen,
temperature and pressure inside the suit.
3. MOST RECENT MOON
LANDING
THE LAST TWO PEOPLE TO LAND ON THE MOON WERE
COMMANDER EUGENE A. CERNAN AND HARRISON H.
SCHMITT. DURING THE US APOLLO 17 MISSION, THEY
LANDED ON 11 DECEMBER 1972, AND STAYED FOR ABOUT
3 DAYS.
4. In later moon landings, the astronauts used
the Lunar Rover vehicle to help explore more
of the moon's surface.
5. Since the Soviet Union first succeeded in
implementing the concept in 1966, this term
referred to 18 spacecraft landings on the Moon up
to 1976.
The USSR was first to accomplish a lunar hard
landing (impact).
The United States was behind in matching this
achievement.
The USSR was also first to succeed in a soft
landing, enabling the gathering of scientific data
from the surface.
6. Again the US was behind in matching that.
Since this was during the time of the Cold
War, the contest to be the first on the Moon
was one of the most visible facts of the Space
Race.
The Soviet Union later achieved sample
returns via the unmanned Luna 16, Luna 20 and
Luna 24 Moon landings.
Luna 17 and Luna 21 were successful rover
missions.
In more recent years, Japan, Europe, India
and China have all achieved successful lunar
hard landing missions.
7. The human race has had a total of twelve people walk on the
Moon.
This was accomplished with two US pilot-astronauts flying a
Lunar Module on each of six NASA missions across a 41-month
time span starting over four decades ago on July 20, 1969,
with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on Apollo 11 (with
Armstrong being first to step foot on the surface), and ending
on December 14, 1972 with Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt on
Apollo 17 (with Cernan being the last to step off the lunar
surface).
All Apollo lunar missions had a third crew member who
remained onboard the Command Module.
The last three missions had a rover to drive around for
increased mobility.
8. THERE HAVE BEEN SIX MANNED
MOON LANDINGS :APOLLO 11 LANDED 20 JULY 1969
APOLLO 12 LANDED 19 NOVEMBER 1969
APOLLO 14 LANDED 5 FEBRUARY 1971
APOLLO 15 LANDED 30 JULY 1971
APOLLO 16 LANDED 20 APRIL 1972
APOLLO 17 LANDED 11 DECEMBER 1972
9. THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO LAUNCH
AROUND 7 SATELLITES BY 2010.
THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT WANTS TO DEVELOP ITS
OWN GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS).
NOW THE GPS IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF
U.S.GOVERNMENT,IT HAS AROUND 20 SATELLITES OF
ITS OWN.
THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT HAS AROUND 24
SATELLITES.
10.
11. 1.ARYABHATA
DATE-19.04.1975
FIRST INDIAN SATELLITE.
PROVIDED TECHNOLOGICAL
EXPERIENCE IN BUILDING AND
OPERATING A SATELLITE SYSTEM.
LAUNCHED BY RUSSIAN LAUNCH
VEHICLE INTERCOSMOS.
2.BHASKARA-I
DATE- 07.06.1979
FIRST EXPERIMENTAL REMOTE
SENSING SATELLITE. CARRIED TV AND
MICROWAVE CAMERAS. LAUNCHED BY
RUSSIAN LAUNCH VEHICLE
INTERCOSMOS.
12. 3.BHASKARA-II
DATE-20.11.1981
SECOND EXPERIMENTAL REMOTE
SENSING SATELLITE SIMILAR TO
BHASKARA-1. PROVIDED EXPERIENCE
IN BUILDING AND OPERATING A
REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE
SYSTEM ON AN END-TO-END BASIS.
LAUNCHED BY RUSSIAN LAUNCH
VEHICLE INTERCOSMOS.
4.ARIANE PASSENGER PAYLOAD
EXPERIMENT (APPLE)
DATE-19.06.1981
FIRST EXPERIMENTAL
COMMUNICATION SATELLITE.
PROVIDED EXPERIENCE IN BUILDING
AND OPERATING A THREE-AXIS
STABILISED COMMUNICATION
SATELLITE. LAUNCHED BY THE
EUROPEAN ARIANE.
13. 5.ROHINI TECHNOLOGY PAYLOAD
(RTP)
DATE-10.08.1979
INTENDED FOR MEASURING INFLIGHT PERFORMANCE OF FIRST
EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT OF SLV-3,
THE FIRST INDIAN LAUNCH
VEHICLE. COULD NOT BE PLACED IN
ORBIT.
6.ROHINI (RS-1)
DATE-18.07.1980
USED FOR MEASURING INFLIGHT PERFORMANCE OF
SECOND EXPERIMENTAL
LAUNCH OF SLV-3.
14. 7.ROHINI (RS-D1)
DATE-31.05.1981
USED FOR CONDUCTING SOME
REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY
STUDIES USING A LANDMARK
SENSOR PAYLOAD. LAUNCHED BY
THE FIRST DEVELOPMENTAL LAUNCH
OF SLV-3
8.ROHINI (RS-D2)
DATE-17.04.1983
IDENTICAL TO RS-D1. LAUNCHED BY
THE SECOND DEVELOPMENTAL
LAUNCH OF SLV-3.
15. 9.STRETCHED ROHINI SATELLITE
SERIES (SROSS-1)
DATE-24.03.1987
CARRIED PAYLOAD FOR LAUNCH
VEHICLE PERFORMANCE
MONITORING AND FOR GAMMA RAY
ASTRONOMY. COULD NOT BE PLACED
IN ORBIT.
10.STRETCHED ROHINI SATELLITE
SERIES (SROSS-2)
DATE-13.07.1988
CARRIED REMOTE SENSING PAYLOAD
OF GERMAN SPACE AGENCY IN
ADDITION TO GAMMA RAY
ASTRONOMY PAYLOAD. COULD NOT
BE PLACED IN ORBIT.
16. 11.STRETCHED ROHINI SATELLITE
SERIES (SROSS-C)
DATE-20.05.1992
LAUNCHED BY THIRD
DEVELOPMENTAL FLIGHT OF ASLV.
CARRIED GAMMA RAY ASTRONOMY
AND AERONOMY PAYLOAD.
12.STRETCHED ROHINI SATELLITE
SERIES (SROSS-C2)
DATE-04.05.1994
LAUNCHED BY FOURTH
DEVELOPMENTAL FLIGHT OF ASLV.
IDENTICAL TO SROSS-C. STILL IN
SERVICE.
INDIAN NATIONAL SATELLITE
SYSTEM (INSAT)
17. 13.INSAT-1A
DATE-10.04.1982
FIRST OPERATIONAL MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNICATION AND
METEOROLOGY SATELLITE
PROCURED FROM USA. WORKED ONLY
FOR SIX MONTHS. LAUNCHED BY US
DELTA LAUNCH VEHICLE.
14.INSAT-1B
DATE-30.08.1983
IDENTICAL TO INSAT-1A. SERVED
FOR MORE THAN DESIGN LIFE OF
SEVEN YEARS. LAUNCHED BY US
SPACE SHUTTLE.
18. 15.INSAT-1C
DATE-21.07.1988
SAME AS INSAT-1A. SERVED FOR
ONLY ONE AND A HALF YEARS.
LAUNCHED BY EUROPEAN ARIANE
LAUNCH VEHICLE.
16.INSAT-1D
DATE-12.06.1990
IDENTICAL TO INSAT-1A.
LAUNCHED BY US DELTA LAUNCH
VEHICLE. STILL IN SERVICE.
19. 17.INSAT-2A
DATE-10.07.1992
FIRST SATELLITE IN THE SECONDGENERATION INDIAN-BUILT
INSAT-2 SERIES. HAS ENHANCED
CAPABILITY THAN INSAT-1
SERIES. LAUNCHED BY EUROPEAN
ARIANE LAUNCH VEHICLE. STILL
IN SERVICE.
18.INSAT-2B
DATE-23.07.1993
SECOND SATELLITE IN INSAT-2
SERIES. IDENTICAL TO INSAT-2A.
LAUNCHED BY EUROPEAN ARIANE
LAUNCH VEHICLE. STILL IN
SERVICE.
20. 19.INSAT-2C
DATE-07.12.1995
HAS ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES
SUCH AS MOBILE SATELLITE
SERVICE, BUSINESS
COMMUNICATION AND TELEVISION
OUTREACH BEYOND INDIAN
BOUNDARIES. LAUNCHED BY
EUROPEAN LAUNCH VEHICLE. IN
SERVICE.
20.INSAT-2D
DATE-04.06.1997
SAME AS INSAT-2C. LAUNCHED BY
EUROPEAN LAUNCH VEHICLE
ARIANE. INOPERABLE SINCE OCT 4,
97 DUE TO POWER BUS ANOMALY.
22. 23.INSAT-3B
DATE-22.03.2000
MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNICATION BUSINESS COMMUNICATION,
DEVELOPMENTAL COMMUNICATION
AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION
PURPOSE.
24.GSAT-1
DATE-18.04.2001
EXPERIMENTAL SATELLITE FOR THE
FIRST DEVELOPMENTAL FLIGHT OF
GEO-SYNCHRONOUS SATELLITE
LAUNCH VEHICLE, GSLV-D1.
23. 25.INSAT-3C
DATE-24.01.2002
TO AUGMENT THE EXISTING
INSAT CAPACITY FOR
COMMUNICATION AND
BROADCASTING, BESIDES
PROVIDING CONTINUITY OF THE
SERVICES OF INSAT-2C.
26.KALPANA-1
DATE-12.09.2002
METSAT WAS THE FIRST
EXCLUSIVE METEOROLOGICAL
SATELLITE BUILT BY ISRO NAMED
AFTER KALPANA CHAWLA.
24. 27.INSAT-3A
DATE-10.04.2003
MULTIPURPOSE SATELLITE FOR
COMMUNICATION AND
BROADCASTING, BESIDES
PROVIDING METEOROLOGICAL
SERVICES ALONG WITH INSAT-2E
AND KALPANA-1.
28.GSAT-2
DATE-08.05.2003
EXPERIMENTAL SATELLITE FOR THE
SECOND DEVELOPMENTAL TEST
FLIGHT OF INDIA'S
GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITE
LAUNCH VEHICLE, GSLV
26. 31.HAMSAT
DATE-05.05.2005
MICROSATELLITE FOR PROVIDING
SATELLITE BASED AMATEUR RADIO
SERVICES TO THE NATIONAL AS
WELL AS THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY (HAMS).
32.INSAT-4A
DATE-22.12.2005
THE MOST ADVANCED SATELLITE
FOR DIRECT-TO-HOME TELEVISION
BROADCASTING SERVICES.
28. 35.INSAT-4CR
DATE-02.09.2007
DESIGNED TO PROVIDE DIRECTTO-HOME (DTH) TELEVISION
SERVICES, VIDEO PICTURE
TRANSMISSION (VPT) AND
DIGITAL SATELLITE NEWS
GATHERING (DSNG), IDENTICAL TO
INSAT- 4C .
INDIAN REMOTE SENSING
SATELLITE (IRS)
36.IRS-1A
DATE-17.03.1988
FIRST OPERATIONAL REMOTE
SENSING SATELLITE. LAUNCHED BY
A RUSSIAN VOSTOK.
29. 37. IRS-1B
DATE-29.08.1991
SAME AS IRS-1A. LAUNCHED BY
A RUSSIAN LAUNCH VEHICLE,
VOSTOK. STILL IN SERVICE.
38. IRS-1E
DATE-20.09.1993
CARRIED REMOTE SENSING
PAYLOADS. COULD NOT BE PLACED
IN ORBIT.
30. 39. IRS-P2
DATE-15.10.1994
CARRIED REMOTE SENSING
PAYLOAD. LAUNCHED BY SECOND
DEVELOPMENTAL FLIGHT OF PSLV.
40. IRS-1C
DATE-28.12.1995
CARRIES ADVANCED REMOTE
SENSING CAMERAS. LAUNCHED BY
RUSSIAN MOLNIYA LAUNCH
VEHICLE. STILL IN SERVICE.
31. 41. IRS-P3
DATE-21.03.1996
CARRIES REMOTE SENSING
PAYLOAD AND AN X-RAY
ASTRONOMY PAYLOAD.
LAUNCHED BY THIRD
DEVELOPMENTAL FLIGHT OF
PSLV. STILL IN SERVICE.
42. IRS-1D
DATE-29.09.1997
SAME AS IRS-1C. LAUNCHED BY
INDIA'S PSLV SERVICE. IN
SERVICE.
32. 43. IRS-P4 OCEANSAT
DATE-26.05.1999
CARRIES AN OCEAN COLOUR MONITOR
(OCM) AND A MULTI-FREQUENCY
SCANNING MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
(MSMR), LAUNCHED BY INDIA'S PSLVC2,
44. TECHNOLOGY EXPERIMENT
SATELLITE (TES)
DATE-22.10.2001
TECHNOLOGY EXPERIMENT
SATELLITE LAUNCHED BY PSLV-C3.
33. 45. IRS-P6 RESOURCESAT-1
DATE-17.10.2003
LAUNCHED BY PSLV - C5, CARRIES
THREE CAMERA, NAMES, LISS-4,
LISS-3 AND AWIFS
46.CARTOSAT -1
DATE-05.05.2005
LAUNCHED BY PSLV-C6, CARRIES
TWO PANCHROMATIC CAMERAS PAN (FORE) AND PAN (AFT) WITH 2.5 METER RESOLUTION.
THE CAM MOUNTED WITH A TILT
OF +26 DEG AND -5 DEG ALONG
THE TRACK TO PROVIDE STEREO
IMAGES.
34. 47.CARTOSAT - 2
DATE-10.01.2007
LAUNCHED BY PSLV-C7, IT IS AN
ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING
SATELLITE CARRYING A PANCHROMATIC
CAMERA CAPABLE OF PROVIDING SCENE
SPECIFIC SPOT IMAGERIES.
48. SRE - 1
DATE-10.01.2007
LAUNCHED BY PSLV-C7, SPACE CAPSULE
RECOVERY EXPERIMENT (SRE-1), INTENDED
TO DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNOLOGY OF AN
ORBITING PLATFORM FOR PERFORMING
EXPERIMENTS IN MICROGRAVITY
CONDITIONS. SRE-1 WAS RECOVERED
SUCCESSFULLY AFTER 12 DAYS OVER BAY OF
BENGAL.
35. 49. CARTOSAT-2A
DATE-28.04.2008
IDENTICAL TO CARTOSAT - 2,
LAUNCHED BY PSLV-C9
50. CHANDRAYAAN- 1
DATE-22.10.2008
LAUNCHED BY PSLV-C11.
LAUNCHED AT
SHRIHARIKOTA, ANDHRA
PRADESH.
36.
37. FIRST SATELLITES OF ALL COUNTRIES
COUNTRY
YEAR OF
LAUNCH
FIRST
SATELLITE
SOVIENT UNION
1957
SPUTNIK-1
(1992)
(COSMOS-2157)
UNITED STATES
1958
EXPLORER-1
1042
UNITED
KINGDOM
1962
ARIEL-1
25
CANADA
1962
ALOUETTE-1
25
ITALY
1964
SAN MACRI-1
14
FRANCE
1965
ASTERIX
44
AUSTRAIA
1967
WRESAT
11
GERMANY
1969
AZUR
27
JAPAN
1970
OSUMI
123
CHINA
1970
DONG FANG
HONG
83
RUSSIA
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38. COUNTRY
YEAR OF LAUNCH
FIRST SATELLITE
POLAND
1973
INTERCOSMOS
KOPERNIKUS 500
NETHERLANDS
1974
ANS
5
SPAIN
1974
INTASAT
9
INDIA
1975
ARYABHATA
34
INDOINESIA
1976
PALAPA A1
10
CZECHOSLOVAKI
A
1978
MAGION 1
5
BULGARIA
1981
INTERCOSMOS
BULGERIA 1300
1
BRAZIL
1985
BRASILSAT A1
11
MEXICO
1985
MORELOS 1
7
SWEDEN
1986
VIKING
11
ISRAEL
1988
OFEQ 1
7
LUXEMBOURG
1988
ASTRA 1A
15
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39. COUNTRY
YEAR OF
LAUNCH
FIRST
SATELLITE
PAYLOADS IN
ORBIT IN 2008
ARGENTINA
1990
LUSAT
10
PAKISTAN
1990
BADR-1
5
SOUTH KOREA
1992
KISAT A
10
PORTUGAL
1993
POSAT-1
1
THAILAND
1993
THAICOM 1
6
TURKEY
1994
TURKSAT 1B
5
UKRAINE
1995
SICH-1
6
CHILE
1995
FASAT-ALFA
1
MALAYSIA
1996
MEASAT
4
NORWAY
1997
THOR-2
3
PHILIPPINES
1997
MABUHAY-1
2
EGYPT
1998
NILESAT-101
3
SINGAPORE
1998
ST-1
1
TAIWAN
1999
ROCSAT-1
9
DENMARK
1999
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40. COUNTRY
YEAR OF
LAUNCH
FIRST
SATELLITE
PAYLOADS IN
ORBIT ON 2008
SOUTH AFRICA
1999
SUNSAT
1
SAUDI ARABIA
2000
SAUDISAT-1A
12
UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
2000
THURAYA-1
3
MOROCCO
2001
MAROC-TUBSAT
1
ALGERIA
2002
ALSAT-1
1
GREECE
2003
HELLAS SET 2
2
NIGERIA
2003
NIGERIASAT 1
2
IRAN
2005
SINA-1
4
2006
KAZSAT 1
1
BELARUS
2006
BELKA
1
Colombia
2007
LIBERTAD
1
Vietnam
2008
VINASAT-1
1
Venezuela
2008
Venesat-1
1
Switzerland
2009
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