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35 undergraduates from Bangalore and Hyderabad, under the guidance of scientists from ISRO, created a masterpiece. Studsat, a pico satellite, one of the 5 satellites carried by the PSLV-C15 launched on July 12, weighing less than 1.5 kgs was a master work of the team of 35 geniuses.
A picosat is a miniaturized artificial satellite. For the first time in India such a picosat has been designed, which has an imaging camera and is fabricated. The students also tested the adequacy of the clean room and ground station built for fabricating Studsat, and in receiving data and commanding the satellite. The camera has a low resolution of 90 meters. The panchromatic images provide terrain information during the satellite's short lifespan of six months to one year.
The idea behind this exercise was to provide students with an opportunity to understand the mission aspects and gain hands-on experience in building a working satellite. After the launch of Chandrayaan-1 in October 2008, Indian students have started taking keen interests in space research and are experimenting on latest technologies.
Two nano satellites (in the less-than-15-kg category) are being built by IIT Kanpur and IIT Mumbai, and two by Chennai-based universities. All four satellites will be launched before mid-2011. ISRO has undoubtedly played a key role of a confidant all through for such kind of interested students. The space research in India is surely at its heights with such talented inventions. With Chandrayaan-2 and human space flight in prospect, it is clear that rising India's space future is very bright.
35 undergraduates from Bangalore and Hyderabad, under the guidance of scientists from ISRO, created a masterpiece. Studsat, a pico satellite, one of the 5 satellites carried by the PSLV-C15 launched on July 12, weighing less than 1.5 kgs was a master work of the team of 35 geniuses.
A picosat is a miniaturized artificial satellite. For the first time in India such a picosat has been designed, which has an imaging camera and is fabricated. The students also tested the adequacy of the clean room and ground station built for fabricating Studsat, and in receiving data and commanding the satellite. The camera has a low resolution of 90 meters. The panchromatic images provide terrain information during the satellite's short lifespan of six months to one year.
The idea behind this exercise was to provide students with an opportunity to understand the mission aspects and gain hands-on experience in building a working satellite. After the launch of Chandrayaan-1 in October 2008, Indian students have started taking keen interests in space research and are experimenting on latest technologies.
Two nano satellites (in the less-than-15-kg category) are being built by IIT Kanpur and IIT Mumbai, and two by Chennai-based universities. All four satellites will be launched before mid-2011. ISRO has undoubtedly played a key role of a confidant all through for such kind of interested students. The space research in India is surely at its heights with such talented inventions. With Chandrayaan-2 and human space flight in prospect, it is clear that rising India's space future is very bright.
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