Engg students creating India's smallest satellite These engineering students are in no hurry to have fun after classes. They linger in the labs instead of accepting campus placements. They are on a mission possible: they are busy building the smallest satellite for their country at the Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
Jugnu is the Hindi word for firefly - and, the nano satellite developed by students of IIT Kanpur has been christened as Jugnu. It is expected to provide real-time data on various important parameters like drought, flood, vegetation and forestation. Read more
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK) has received the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) nod to launch its first and countrys lightest nano satellite, Jugnu, by this December. The nod came after a second design review was presented by the IIT-K authorities. The satellite will be launched in the polar orbit from Sriharikota.
Students from IIT Kanpur, one of the best educational institutions in India and perhaps in the world is developing a micro satellite in cooperation with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).