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Competition refresher
Competition refresher published this article page 45 the indian space research organisation isro will launch the gslv-f12 navigation satellite on 29 may at 10.42 am from the satish dhawan space center in sriharikota andhra pradesh.it is the flight mission carrying the next generation navic satellite which will replace the irnss-1g satellite launched in 2016.navic is a constellation of seven satellites that provide standard positioning service for civilian users and restricted service for strategic users.three satellites of the constellation are placed in geostationary orbit and four satellites are placed in inclined geosynchronous orbit.the ground network consists of a con...
Competition refresher magazine
Competition refresher magazine published this article page 46 artificial intelligence (ai) supercomputer airavat set up at c-dac pune has been ranked 75th in the world.the top 500 global supercomputing list was announced at the 61st international supercomputing conference (isc 2023) in germany. in this india has been placed at the top position among ai supercomputing countries all over the world. this system has been established under the national program on artificial intelligence (ai) in india. airawat is the name of the in-house cloud platform for big data.the proposed airawat system is a 100+ petaflop ai-focused supercomputer.the niti aayog report compared japans ai br...
Competition refresher magazine
Competition refresher magazine published this article page 47 the indian space research organization (isro) launched the next generation navigation satellite nvs-1 on 29 may at 10.42 am.the spacecraft is part of the navigation with indian constellation (navic) series which aims to provide surveillance and navigational capabilities.the nvs-1 weighing approximately 2232 kg will be launched by a gslv f12 rocket from the second launch pad at satish dhawan space centre sriharikota.the nvs series of satellites will maintain and enhance navic with advanced features. navic provides two services a standard positioning service for civilian users and a restricted service for strategi...
Competition refresher magazine
Competition refresher magazine published this article page 48 the indian space research organisation (isro) has announced that its chandrayaan-3 lunar mission will be launched in july 2023. the mission which is a follow-on to the chandrayaan-2 mission will consist of an indigenous lander module a propulsion module and a rover. the lander module will be responsible for landing the missions spacecraft on the lunar surface. the propulsion module will be used to maneuver the spacecraft in space and to transfer it from earth orbit to lunar orbit. the rover will be used to explore the lunar surface and to collect data. chandrayaan-3 is expected to land on the moons south pole wh...
Competition refresher magazine
Competition refresher magazine published this article page 49 india will launch its own heat index next year to quantify the impact of heat on its population and generate impact-based heatwave alerts for specific locations. the india meteorological department (imd) began issuing an experimental heat index last week taking into account air temperature and relative humidity to determine how hot it really feels. the new heat index will integrate other parameters such as wind and duration of exposure to provide an effective indicator of heat stress for people. the hazard score for the heat index will be ready in around two months and it will be operational in the next summer s...