Which of the following astronauts travelled through space shuttle ‘Discovery’ first time?
- AKalpana Chawla
- BRakesh Sharma
- ✓Sunita Williams
- DNeil Armstrong
Answer: C.
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P-1 Space Missions question types
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8 Q→02Answer the following questions:[1 M]
29 Q→03Answer the following questions: [2 M]
23 Q→04Answer the following questions: [3 M]
12 Q→05Answer the following questions: [5 M]
24 Q→06Write True or False
12 Q→07Name the Following
11 Q→08Do As Directed.
31 Q→09Write notes.
4 Q→10Fill in the blanks.
20 Q→11Define :
7 Q→12Find An Odd One Out
4 Q→13Find the correlation.
4 Q→14Draw a neat labelled diagram.
2 Q→Sample Questions
P-1 Space Missions questions
One sample from each question group in this chapter. Select any group above to see the full set with answer keys.
Which of the following satellite launchers is developed by India?
- AINSAT
- BIRNSS
- CEDUSAT
- ✓PSLV
Answer: D.
View full solution →Which one of the following is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite?
- ANavigational satellite
- BGeostationary satellite
- ✓International Space Station
- DAll of the above
Answer: C.
View full solution →………… is known as Pioneer of Indian space Programme.
- ANeil Armstrong
- BYuri Gagarin
- CRakesh Sharma
- ✓Vikram Sarabhai
Answer: D.
View full solution →Which of the following is a satellite launch vehicle?
- ✓PSLV
- BIRS
- CINSAT
- DGSAT
Answer: A.
View full solution →Name the launch vehicle developed by India.
What is a launch vehicle?
Give two examples of Low Earth Orbit satellites.
What is a High Earth Orbit satellite?
Which factor decides the orbit of a satellite?
You may have seen photographs showing the position of monsoon clouds over the country in the newspaper. How are these images obtained?
Where does the signal to your TV set come from?
Where from does it come to mobile towers?
Where does the signal in your cellphone come from?
Which type of telescopes are orbiting around the earth? Why is it necessary to put them in space?
The critical velocity of the satellite to be located at 2000 km above the surface of the earth is 6.902 km/s , how much time will the satellite take to complete one revolution around the earth?
Calculate the critical velocity (υc) of the satellite to be located at $2000$ km above the surface of the earth.
View full solution →The critical velocity of the satellite to be located at $35780$ km above the surface of the earth is $3.08$ km/s , how much time will the satellite take to complete one revolution around the earth$?$
View full solution →Calculate the critical velocity (υc) of the satellite to be located at $35780$ km above the surface of the earth.
View full solution →If the mass of a planet is $8$ times that of the earth and its radius is twice the radius of the earth, what will be the escape velocity for that planet$? ($Escape velocity for the earth $= 11.2\ km/s) $
View full solution →Bring out the contribution of India’s space missions.
Write on significant space missions carried out by man.
What are the objectives of the space mission?
What are space expeditions? Explain their need and importance in your words. (Practice Activity Sheet – 2)
Explain the need and importance of space missions.
If the height of the orbit of a satellite increases, its velocity must also increase.
A satellite needs a specific velocity to revolve in a specific orbit.
The escape velocity on the moon is less than that on the earth.
If a spacecraft has to be sent away from the influence of the earth’s gravitational field, its velocity must be less than the escape velocity.
ISS and Hubble revolve in L.E.O.
Indian satellite working for monitoring and management of natural resources and disaster management.
The velocity required for spacecrafts to escape earth's gravitation force to travel into outer space.
Orbits in which satellites complete one revolution in 2 to 24 hours.
Satellite which appear stationary with respect to Earth, revolving parallel to the equator.
Energy on which satellite work.
True or False : The escape velocity on the Moon is less than that on the Earth.
True or False : The escape velocity on the moon is less than that on the earth.
True or False : Polar satellites revolve in an orbit parallel to the equator.
True or False : ISS and Hubble revolve in L.E.O.
True or False : INSAT is an educational satellite.
Mars expeditions
Lunar expeditions
Artificial Satellite
Space Exploration
………… is the Broadcast satellites of India.
The planet Jupiter has ………… satellites.
The earth takes ………… days to revolve around the Sun.
The first satellite launched by India was named as ………… .
The earth takes ………... hr to rotate about itself.
Satellite Launch vehicle
Critical Velocity $(v_c)$
View full solution →Polar Orbits
Low Earth Orbits
Medium Earth Orbits
H.E.O, L.E.O, M.E.O, GSLV
INSAT, GSAT, IRS, PSLV
Moon, Sputnik, INSAT, Mars
Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong, Rakesh Sharma, Vikram Sarabhai
Moon : Chandrayan - 1 :: Mars : ………… .
2000 km to 35780 km : M.Ε.Ο :: 180 km to 2000 km : ………… .
PSLV : Polar orbit :: GSLV : ………… .
USSR: Yuri Gagarin :: USA : ………… .
Structure of PSLV made by ISRO
Orbits of satellites:
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