First Student Satellite In India

Launched on july 12 2010 studsat was the first pico satellite of india and the smallest satellite launched indigenously by any indian organization.

First student satellite in india.

On september 26 2016 satellite pratham built by the students of iit bombay and pisat from pes university bengaluru along with co passenger satellites alsat 1b alsat 2b alsat 1n from algeria nls 19 from canada and pathfinder 1 from usa were launched by india s polar satellite launch vehicle in its thirty seventh flight pslv c35. The payload by the students. Photo of the studsat 1 cubesat photo credit. Hyderabad added yet another feather in its scientific cap with the successful launch of india s first student led micro satellite from the.

Isro launches india s first student made satellite in its first space programme for 2019 space kidz india is now planning to build yet another satellite vikramsat for biological experiments in space while iist is designing another rocket with universities from california and surrey. Studsat weighing less than 1 kg has the primary objective of promoting space technology in educational institutions and encourage research and development in miniaturized satellites establishing a communication link between the. Isro to launch india s first student made satellite tomorrow kalamsat will be the first satellite of space kidz india to be in a proper orbit as its earlier satellites were suborbital ones. 41600 499 2 km 310 2 mi 521 8 km 324 2 mi 6 881 km 4 276 mi 94 7 mins.

This satellite collect data on green house gases in the leo atmosphere. A micro satellite designed and built by the students of sathyabama university chennai india. Student satellite studsat is the first pico satellite developed in the country by a consortium of seven engineering colleges from karnataka and andhra pradesh.