* Astronomy

Blobrana · L

RE: Jugnu micro satellite

Blobrana · L

JUGNU
1 37839U 11058B   11303.37143036 +.00000619 +00000-0 +19019-3 0 00192
2 37839 019.9621 316.4784 0019067 200.5108 159.4489 14.11979424002589

Period:       101.98 minutes
Inclination: 19.96°
Apogee:     866 km
Perigee:     839 km

Blobrana · L

Jugnu launch marks watershed in Indian space tech

The successful launch of Jugnu, a loaf-sized nano satellite designed by IIT-Kanpur, on Oct 12 marks a watershed in Indian space technology for miniaturisation and an indigenously designed ejection system that ends dependence on imports.
Jugnu, placed into orbit by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C18 (PSLV-C18) of the Indian Space Research Organsation (ISRO), miniaturises communication capabilities, power source and a control system, comprising the basic functions of a much bigger satellite, into a foot-long package just four inches in height and width, weighing only three kilograms.
Read more

Blobrana · L

ISRO to launch 2 satellites this month

When Isro's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle blasts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota later this month, the dreams of about 100 students would be realised.
For over three years now, students from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) and the Chennai-based SRM University have been working on the design and development of two nano satellites.
Read more

See also SRMSAT

Blobrana · L

Jugnu nano satellite

Blobrana · L

IIT Kanpur's indigenously built nano satellite 'Jugnu' may be successfully launched by the end of June this year from Sriharikota if everything goes according to plans.
Read more

Blobrana · L

RE: Jugnu micro satellite

Blobrana · L

Jugnu ready to be handed over to ISRO

IIT-Kanpur with its Nano satellite 'Jugnu' is ready to set new highs in the field of space research. A team of students, working under Dr NS Vyas (the visionary man behind the making of the nano-satellite) and other faculty members of the institute, have successfully made the country's first nano-satellite to be developed for the first time by any educational institute.
Read more

Blobrana · L

A satellite developed by IIT Kanpur 'Jugnu' that will provide information on natural calamities will be handed over to scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on March six by Indian President Pratibha Patil.
After testing it, ISRO will launch the satellite from Sriharikota, IIT-K Registrar Sanjeev Kasalkar told PTI.
Read more

Blobrana · L

The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) is set to put its own satellite, Jugnu, in orbit, in 2010. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch the nano-satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. The images of weather, water bodies, crops and soils transmitted by Jugnu to the base station at IIT-K will come handy in studying weather and agriculture trends and help in taking precautionary measures against natural calamities.
Read more