• IIT Kanpur Students to Develop Nanosatellite

    IIT Kanpur Students to Develop Nanosatellite

    Techtree News Staff, Feb 23, 2009 0830 hrs IST

    To be used to collect information for flood, drought, and disaster management

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Students at the IIT K (Kanpur) are working with the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) to develop the first nano satellite that might end up in space if all goes as planned. 


This will be the first Indian satellite that has been developed entirely by college students. Once the work on the satellite is completed, the students will handover the same to ISRO for further tests, and it will be launched soon after. The handover is expected to happen sometime in November 2009. The nano satellite is interestingly called Jugnu and will be used to collect information for flood, drought, and disaster management. It will also be fitted with high definition cameras to capture detailed images to enable data analysis. 


The students expect that work on the satellite will take another 7 months to near completion. An amount of Rs. 2.5 crore has been spent on developing the satellite, according to a senior IIT-K official.

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(18) Comments
vinishavignesh
,chennai, on Dec 05, 2009 02:55 PM
all the best.nanasatellite will be really useful in providing the pre -informations about natural calamities
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Rampal Bhatia
,Bilaspur H.P., on Sep 30, 2009 02:19 PM
I was very interst to touch the moon. I want to visit the moon beacuase the moon light is very bright. the distance from earth to moon is 100,256 k.m. I and my friend Tanuj wants to go there.
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madhav
,sharma, on Mar 18, 2009 09:48 PM
you guys are doing a great job for country.........keep it up
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siddharth yadav
,NOIDA, on Feb 24, 2009 04:26 PM
As a pound alumnus of IITK i can say this is a very challenging jobs for Professors and students.... but i am certain that IITK will do it!!
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siddharth yadav
,BOIDA, on Feb 24, 2009 04:23 PM
as a pround aluminus of IITK i can say this is a very challenging jobs for orhs and students .... but i am certain that iitk will do it !!
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Brij kishor
,charkhari, on Feb 24, 2009 01:07 PM
Great work Proud to be Indian
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Augusto Hamilto
,Chennai, on Feb 24, 2009 12:37 PM
Wish all success to the students concerned , you have reached higher heights in technology.May the great god help you people to grow higher.
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Jithesh
,Bangalore, on Feb 24, 2009 11:06 AM
Great Work!!! Vande Maataram!!!
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Prasun Naskar
,Kolkata, on Feb 24, 2009 09:36 AM
It is a great news...I wish them good luck & all the best...I must admit that India has progressed very much in every field of science....
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Abul Aula Jasse
,Jaipur, on Feb 24, 2009 08:46 AM
Hope everything goes fine bring glory to the country All the best guys
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anthony ellis
,vancouver, on Feb 24, 2009 07:23 AM
I want free telescope software free download
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Anupam
,Kanpur, on Feb 24, 2009 12:46 AM
How small is this "nano" satellite?
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shashi kant
,GHAZIABAD, on Feb 23, 2009 07:08 PM
we r proud of those guy who r trying to develop this nano satellite.
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shailendra saur
,new delhi, on Feb 23, 2009 05:09 PM
how many expences around these.And what'smore adwantegeof this?
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lucky
,gr.noida, on Feb 23, 2009 03:04 PM
good yaar keep it up
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SILAMBARASI . K
,CHENNAI, on Feb 23, 2009 12:48 PM
Hai i 'am realy proved. Brain is very important in our Body, that the same thing Student is very very important in our world. I am complete M. Sc Physics in 2008 .
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SUNNY
,hyderabad, on Feb 23, 2009 12:42 PM
yeah its a very good news that students are developing nano sat.,which is useful for their academics and to the country as well.i wish them "ALL THE BEST".
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I am Manish Kr
,delhi, on Feb 23, 2009 11:43 AM
It is godd news for inda becasue any kind of big satelite sifted in space is very hard but in case of fo nano i thik it is more power full not effctive
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