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Government of India
Department of Space
02-December-2015 15:48 IST
Launch of Satellites Designed by Students

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is addressing the possibility of launching satellites being designed by students of various Indian institutions / Universities, as given below. These satellites are under various stages of development.

 

Student Satellite

Institution / University

SWAYAM

College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra. 

PISAT

PES University, Bangalore, Karnataka

PRATHAM

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai

SATHYABAMASAT

Sathyabama University, Chennai, Tamilnadu

NIUSAT

Noorul Islam Univeristy, Kumaracoil, Tamilnadu

PARIKSHIT

Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Karnataka

IITMSAT

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, Tamilnadu

 

 

Since 2009, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched four student satellites.

 

The details of Students satellites launched by ISRO since 2009 are given below:

 

Satellite

Institution

Launch Date

Remarks

ANUSAT

Anna University, Tamilnadu

20-04-2009

Successful

STUDSAT

Consortium of Engineering Colleges

12-07-2010

Successful

SRMSat

SRM University, Tamilnadu

12-10-2011

Successful

JUGNU

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

12-10-2011

Successful

 

This information was provided the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in a reply to an unstarred question by Shri K. Ashok Kumar in Lok  Sabha today. 

 

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