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India to launch microsatellite developed by engg students
New Delhi, Nov 23: India`s space programme is set to enter a new phase with the launch in a year of the country`s first microsatellite - an inexpensive but versatile spacecraft - developed by engineering students.
New Delhi, Nov 23: India's space programme is set to enter a new phase with the launch in a year of the country's first microsatellite - an inexpensive but versatile spacecraft - developed by engineering students.
All the elements of the microsatellite, christened
Anusat, are being developed by engineering students and
research associates of Anna University, Chennai, under the
guidance of their faculty and with financial support from
ISRO.
Two other institutes, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, and University of Pune, are also involved in the project and are setting up ground stations to access the microsatellite, likely to be launched in late 2004 or early 2005.
Microsatellites, which weigh under 100 kgs but can meet high performance needs while being relatively cheap to build, have attracted a lot of attention worldwide in recent years.
This is because they afford a "faster, better and cheaper approach to new spacecraft technologies and scientific and application missions”, Prof K Jayaraman, Dean, Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) campus, Anna University, who is heading the project told.
Bureau Report
Two other institutes, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, and University of Pune, are also involved in the project and are setting up ground stations to access the microsatellite, likely to be launched in late 2004 or early 2005.
Microsatellites, which weigh under 100 kgs but can meet high performance needs while being relatively cheap to build, have attracted a lot of attention worldwide in recent years.
This is because they afford a "faster, better and cheaper approach to new spacecraft technologies and scientific and application missions”, Prof K Jayaraman, Dean, Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) campus, Anna University, who is heading the project told.
Bureau Report