Daily Quiz: On ISRO’s PSLV rocket Copy Link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Your Score 0/6 Retake Quiz 1/6 | The liquid-fueled second stage of the PSLV rocket uses the Vikas engine, which is based on the French Viking engine. In 1974, instead of paying cash, ISRO acquired this technology from France in exchange for 100 man-years of engineering work, which helped produce parts and thousands of pressure transducers for European ______ rockets.

Fill in the blanks. Do you know the answer? Yes No Answer: Ariane Show Answer 2 / 6 | To power the massive first stage, the PSLV neither tilts nor tilts the main engine nozzle.

Instead, it injects a chemical solution of This is its secondary injection thrust vector control. Name X.

Do you know the answer? Yes No Answer: Strontium Perchlorate Show Answer 3 / 6 | In February 2017, the PSLV-C37 mission created a world record by launching 104 satellites in a single flight. This required a complex deployment sequence where the satellites were deployed in pairs at precise angles to avoid colliding. Which SpaceX mission broke this record in 2021? Do you know the answer? Yes No Answer: Transporter-1 Show Answer 4 / 6 | Instead of discarding the PSLV fourth stage (PS4) as debris, ISRO often reuses it as a stable orbital platform called POEM.

It remains active in orbit for months at a time, hosting student payloads and scientific experiments, thus acting as a floating satellite. What does POEM mean? Do you know the answer? Yes No Answer: PSLV Orbital Experiment Module Show Answer 5 / 6 | The PSLV rocket’s first stage solid motor is encased in ________ steel, an ultra-high strength alloy whose name stands for ‘martensitic’ and ‘aging’.

Since international export controls restrict access to this material, ISRO had to develop the capability to make this steel indigenously. Fill in the blanks.

Do you know the answer? Yes No Answer: Marging Show Answer.