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How many lives have space agencies saved? [closed]

Either the agencies themselves, lives saved by a satelitte launched by them, or how many people would have died if not for space services. How many lives have space agencies saved?
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Why is the Duration of Time spent in the Dayside greater than that of the Night side of the Moon for Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter?

The following information is from ISRO's webpage on "Detection of Argon-40 in the lunar exosphere" (Textual information relevant to my question is in bold face): The Chandra’s Atmospheric ...
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Which ISRO satellite was built in 24 hours?

In the video New ISRO Chief Rocket Man Sivan K, A Farmer's Son, Takes On SpaceX after about 08:33 the interviewer asks ISRO's chairperson Kailasavadivoo Sivan about ...
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How was it difficult for the PSLV to launch a record of 104 satellites?

Last year, ISRO launched 104 satellites successfully into orbit. People praised it as an 'astounding achievement'. Besides a more complicated-than-usual satellite deployment, what truly was ...
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ISRO's PSLV-C37 with 104 satellites - after 56 hours only six TLEs, which factor is greatest challenge?

It's been 24 hours 56 hours since ISRO's PSLV-C37 launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SRI) at 09:28 local time (03:58 UTC). I see satcat numbers and object names for 105 total objects; ...
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How can ISRO's RISAT satellites search for the lost IAF AN-32?

The Indian Air Force has lost contact with AN-32 (transport aircraft) on a mission. ISRO is going to deploy RISAT to search for the missing plane as the search area has widened. How will such ...
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