Satellite | MCQs

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• On July 16, 1990, Pakistan launched its first satellite, Badr-1 (also known as PRSS-1), into space.
• Pakistan becoming the first Islamic country to venture into space exploration.
• It was launched as a secondary payload on a Long March 2E rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) in China.

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The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center is a People's Republic of China space and defense launch facility.

Situated in Xinzhou, Shanxi Province.

This the second of four launch sites having been founded in 1966.

Came into full operation in 1968.

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Pakistan has successfully launched the first remote sensing satellite system & # 40; PRSS1 & # 41 ;. According to China's Jiuquan Launch Site Center (JLSC) on July 9, 2018.

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Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite with the United States.

The satellite called Sputnik 1 – went into space on Oct. 4, 1957.

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BADR-1 was Pakistan's first indigenously built artificial satellite launched on 16 July 1990.

With the launching of Badr-1 satellite, Pakistan became the first Islamic country to enter the area of peaceful application of outer space.

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The first man-made Earth Satellite name 'Sputnik 1' was launched by Russia (Soviet Union) into space on 4 Oct 1957

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China launched a cargo mission to its new space station in September 2021.

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The satellite called Arktika-M is intended to monitor the climate in the Arctic region.

Russia launched the satellite Arktika-M in February 2021

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Pakistan’s first lunar orbit mission named ICUBE-Q was launched on 3 May 2024 with assistance of China. 

Pakistan's second communication satellite named PAKSAT MM1 was launched on 30 May 2024

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