Saturday, 3 February 2018

Zhangheng 1 seismo-electromagnetic satellite was launched by which country?

 Zhangheng 1 seismo-electromagnetic satellite was  launched by which country?

Options

1) china

2)japan

3)south Korea

4) Laos



answer

 1) china


Other details

 China  successfully launched its first seismo-electromagnetic satellite to study seismic precursors, which might help in earthquake monitoring

A Long March-2D rocket, which was launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gobi Desert

it carried the 730-kilogramme China SeismoElectromagnetic Satellite

it is Known as Zhangheng 1 in Chinese,

The satellite is named after Zhang Heng, a scholar of the East Han Dynasty (25-220), who pioneered earthquake studies by inventing the first ever seismoscope in the year 132