First Student Satellite In 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.

First student satellite in india. A micro satellite designed and built by the students of sathyabama university chennai india. Launched on july 12 2010 studsat was the first pico satellite of india and the smallest satellite launched indigenously by any indian organization. Hyderabad added yet another feather in its scientific cap with the successful launch of india s first student led micro satellite from the. 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.

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. Pslv c16 was used as the launch vehicle for the satellite on apr. The payload by the students. Photo of the studsat 1 cubesat photo credit.

97 5 not applicable 86. 41600 499 2 km 310 2 mi 521 8 km 324 2 mi 6 881 km 4 276 mi 94 7 mins. For the first time the indian space research organisation isro will launch a small communication satellite kalamsat developed by students from space kidz india.