Wednesday, October 12, 2011

smallest satellite

IIT students' satellite 'Jugnu' to be launched into space


The satellite designed by a group of students from IIT Kanpur in collaboration with scientists from the ISRO scientists is one of the smallest satellites built till date.







A satellite built by students of IIT Kanpur, 'Jugnu', was launched with the latest version of India's indigenous Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.
The satellite designed by a group of students and teachers from the institute in collaboration with scientists from the ISRO scientists is one of the smallest satellites built till date.
Students, felt that they were given a golden opportunity to work on a project and got a chance to look at India's space research programme closely.
It took the team three years to give the satellite 'Jugnu' its final shape.

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