Current context: Ethiopia launched its first satellite, Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite (ETRSS) on 20th Dec 19.
a. EMPSS-1
b. ECCS-1
c. ETRSS-1
d. EXCX-1
- The ETRSS-1 was launched from a space station in China.
- Ethiopia has now become the eleventh African country to put a satellite into space. Egypt was the first in 1998.
- The satellite will operate from space at about 700km above the Earth surface and will provide a fuller picture of the country's agriculture, forestry and mining resources and improve responses to flooding and other disasters.
- The ETRSS-1 will be the 99th satellite to travel in space in 2019.
- The satellite was manufactured in collaboration between the Ethiopian and Chinese government.
- Ethiopia capital: Addis Ababa
- Currency: Ethiopian Birr
- Prime Minister: Abiy Ahmed
Question:
Q.1 What was the name of the first satellite launched by Ethiopia recently?a. EMPSS-1
b. ECCS-1
c. ETRSS-1
d. EXCX-1
