Question 1 : What was KALPANA earlier known?
Answer : METSTAT.
Question 2 : Which is India’s heaviest satellite?
Answer : INSAT-4A (3080 Kg).
Question 3 : Which is the first satellite of India exclusively dedicated for meteorological purposes?
Answer : KALPANA-I
Question 4 : Which is India’s first satellite exclusively dedicated to Indian Navy?
Answer : GSAT-7.
Question 5 : Which satellite is called South Asia Satellite?
Answer : GSAT-9.
Question 6 : Which satellite is especially dedicated for distance education?
Answer : EDUSAT.
Question 7 :What is GSAT-9?
Answer : Also known as South Asian satellite, it will support communication, broadcasting and internet services, disaster management, tele-medicine, tele-education and weather forecasting in South Asia.
Question 8 : What is KALPANA-I?
Answer : It is the first satellite of India exclusively dedicated for meteorological purposes. Earlier it was known as METSTAT and later changed to KALPANA.
Question 9 : What is GSAT-7?
Answer : A communication satellite of 2650 Kg and provides a better spectrum service. It is India’s first satellite exclusively dedicated to Indian Navy.
Question 10 : What is GSAT-18?
Answer : It carries 48 communication transponders to provide services in normal C-band, upper extended C-band and Ku-bands of the frequency spectrum.