03 Sep 2023: PIB Summary for UPSC

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1
2. Men's Hockey 5s Asia Cup

1. Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1

Syllabus: GS-3, Science and Technology

Prelims: About Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1

Context: Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-spearhead India’s Amrit Kaal development path over the next 25 years, according to the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology. 

About Aditya-L1 mission

• The Aditya-L1 mission is launched by the PSLV-C57.
• The spacecraft will be positioned in a halo orbit around the Sun-Earth system’s Lagrange point 1 (L1) for India’s solar mission. 
  • The Largerange point is a location in space where heightened zones of attraction and repulsion are produced by the gravitational forces of a two-body system, such as the Sun and Earth.
• The first space-based Indian mission to study the Sun will be Aditya L1.

About Chandrayaan-3 mission

• Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-up mission to Chandrayaan-2 that aims to show off end-to-end capabilities for safe landing and wandering on the lunar surface. It is configured with Landers and Rovers. 
• The lander and rover combination will be propelled by the propulsion module up to a 100 kilometer lunar orbit. 
• To examine the spectral and Polarimetric data of Earth from the lunar orbit, the propulsion module is equipped with the Spectro-Polarimetry of Habitable Planet Earth (SHAPE) payload.
• Objectives: There are three goals for the mission. 
  • To show off the lunar soft-landing capability. 
  • To show off the moon-mobility of the Vikram rover. 
  • To carry out in-situ research projects. 

2. Men’s Hockey 5s Asia Cup

Syllabus: GS-1, Art and Culture

Prelims: Men’s Hockey 5s Asia Cup

Context: The Indian Prime Minister recently congratulated the Indian Men’s Hockey team on their victory in the Men’s Hockey 5s Asia Cup.

About Men’s Hockey 5s Asia Cup

• The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is in charge of organizing the Hockey 5s World Cup, an international hockey competition.
• Hockey 5s is a lightning-fast, extremely skilled, brief hockey style that was developed in advance of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games. It is intended to be adaptable to various surfaces, locations, and spaces.
• Men’s and women’s national Hockey 5s teams compete in a quadrennial global tournament.
• In Muscat, Oman, there will be competitions for the Hockey 5s World Cup in 2024.

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