The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle also uses an expendable launch system, this time to launch INSAT-type satellites. Currently it is India's second-heaviest launch vehicle and can launch up to into low Earth orbit. There are multiple marks, or versions of this rocket. It is still in use.
India's first satellite, which was called the Aryabhata, was launched by the Soviet Union. Since then India has built and launched many different satellites.
Rohini is a series of four satellites. These satellites were launched by the Satellite Launch Vehicle, and three of them were able to make it into orbit.
The Indian National Satellite System (INSAT) is a series of satellites built and launched by ISRO. These help India with telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology, and search-and-rescue.
The Indian Remote Sensing satellites (IRS) are a series of satellites built and launched by ISRO. It is the largest series of remote sensing satellites for regular people in the world.
India(Bharat) has two Radar Imaging Satellites (RISAT).
The South Asia Satellite is a communications satellite launched in 2017 as a gift to the other countries in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.
Also known as GAGAN, this is a national plan for satellite navigation.
The Independent Regional Navigation Satellite System is made to have accurate position information to people in India as well as 1500 km from its borders. It is made like this because in bad situations, people cannot rely on GPS. ISRO first planned to launch the satellites between 2012 and 2014, but it had to be moved to later years.
The first Indian cosmonaut is Rakesh Sharma, who flew with two Russians in Salyut 7 in 1984. The first female Indian astronaut was Kalpana Chawla. She died in in 2003. The second female Indian astronaut, Sunita Williams, spent 321 days 17 hours 15 minutes in space.
In 2008 ISRO sent Chandrayaan-1 to the moon. It helped discover evidence of water on the moon. ISRO flew the Mars Orbiter Mission in 2013 and it reached Mars in 2014, making India the 4th country to put a spacecraft in orbit around Mars.
Chandrayaan-2 is the India's second moon mission. Chandrayaan-2 was launched on 22 July 2019 at 2:43 PM IST (09:13 UTC) to the Moon by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III). It includes an orbiter, lander, and rover that will study the moon both on and above the surface. The mission spent some time orbiting Earth before going to the moon. The lander will reach the lunar south pole on 7 September 2019 at 01:55 IST (6 September 2019, 20:25 UTC). Other than Chandrayaan-2, ISRO may team up with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, for a mission looking for water on the Moon.
The next Mars mission will be the Mars Orbiter Mission 2, and will be launched in 2022 or 2023.
The first mission to the Sun will be a probe called Aditya-L1. It was originally planned for 2012, but was delayed to 2021. It will study solar wind and space weather.
The first mission to Venus will be an orbiter mission called Shukrayaan-1, that may launch in 2023.
In 2018, prime minister Narendra Modi said that India will send astronauts into space by 2022.
Kesgrave
Kesgrave is a town on the eastern side of Ipswich in Suffolk. It’s population is roughly around 14,000 people.
To the west of Kesgrave there is a town called Martlesham. Kesgrave has an historical church called All saints.
D. Watkins
D. Watkins (born Dwight Watkins, February 10) is a former drug dealer, author and professor at the University of Baltimore.
Watkins was born in Baltimore City. His mother was a teenager. His father was in prison. At eighteen, after losing his brother, Watkins began to use and sell narcotics. After some of "fateful encounters" he used his profits to buy a bar.
Watkins holds a Masters in Education from Johns Hopkins University, and an MFA in creative writing from University of Baltimore.
Watkins first book, "The Beastside: Living (and Dying) While Black in America" was published in 2015 under David Talbot and Skyhorse Publishing's investigative book imprint, Hot Books. "The Beast Side" is about two Baltimores, taking an in-depth look at systemic racism and the failure of the education system, particularly for black men.
"The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir" published in 2016 by Grand Central Publishing, is a memoir. It is about the operations of a drug empire after Watkins' brother Bip's death, his acceptance to Georgetown University and the struggle to leave the trade behind. It was an editor's pick of The New York Times in May 2016. "Kirkus Reviews" described the book as "A familiar story to fans of The Wire, but Watkins provides a gritty, vivid first-person document of a desperate demographic."
"We Speak For Ourselves" is Watkins' third book. It was published in April 2019 by Atria. It is a collection of essays showcasing black voices in east Baltimore.
Watkins is currently an editor at large for the online magazine, Salon.
Point Roberts, Washington
Point Roberts is an census-designated place (CDP) of Whatcom County in the state of Washington in the United States. It is an American exclave located on the southern border with Canada.
Bentonite
Bentonite is a kind of clay. Bentonite usually forms from weathering of volcanic ash. It is volcanic ash mixed with water under pressure.
The different types of bentonite have different proportions of sodium, calcium or potassium. They can absorb quite a lot of water, and are used as fillers and/or lubricators in various industries. The clay is used for many practical purposes.
Bob Collymore
Robert William Collymore (13 January 1958 – 1 July 2019) was a Guyanese-born British businessman. He most notably served as the chief executive officer of Safaricom, a multinational telecommunications company based in Kenya. He became CEO of Safaricom in 2010. Before this position, he worked for Dixons Retail, Cellnet and Vodafone.
Collymore took medical leave in 2017 after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia. He died of the disease on 1 July 2019 in Nairobi. He was 61.
Lisa Martinek
Lisa Martinek (11 February 1972 – 28 June 2019) was a German actress. She started her screen acting career in the early 1990s. She appeared in many movies and television series, including "Blankenese", "The Old Fox", "Der Kriminalist", "Soundless" and "Die Zürcher Verlobung". She was born in Stuttgart.
Martinek was twice married, and had three children. She died in a swimming accident on 28 June 2019 near Marciana on the the Italian island of Elba. She was 47.
Sebastián Alarcón
Sebastián Ramón Alarcón Ramírez (14 January 1949 – 30 June 2019) was a Chilean movie director and screenwriter. He lived in Russia for a time and was active in Soviet cinema. He directed the Soviet drama movie "Night Over Chile" (1977). The movie won the Special Prize at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. In 2008, Alarcón was a member of the jury at the 30th Moscow International Film Festival.
Alarcón was born in Valparaíso. He died of cancer on 30 June 2019, at the age of 70.
Etika
Desmond Daniel Amofah (May 12, 1990 – June 19, 2019), better known online as Etika, was an American YouTuber, live-streamer and model. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was best known for his reactions to many Nintendo products and games.
Amofah was reported missing on June 19, 2019, after uploading a video in which he admitted to being mentally ill and suicidal. Amofah's body was discovered in the East River on June 24 by the New York City Police Department. They later confirmed his cause of death was suicide by drowning. Amofah was 29 years old.
Guillermo Mordillo
Guillermo Mordillo (4 August 1932 – 30 June 2019), known simply as Mordillo, was an Argentine cartoonist and animator. He was born in Buenos Aires. Mordillo was one of the most widely published cartoonists of the 1970s. He was known for creating greeting cards for Hallmark Cards.