Jugnu, Indian Nano Satellite created by the students of IIT Kanpur (my friends, batchmates, seniors, juniors) under the guidance of our Professors here at IIT Kanpur, is in orbit! :DIndia’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C18) put Jugnu along with 3 other satellites into orbit yesterday. The other satellites were : Megha-Tropiques, an Indo-French satellite to study the weather and climate in the tropical region of the world; SRMSat built by the students of SRM university, near Chennai; Vesselsat from Luxembourg.
Back to Jugnu, as the Jugnu website puts it, the development of the Jugnu started in the year 2008 with a team of 3 students. With time, the team has grown to the size of more than 50 students ranging from 1st year
undergraduates to final year postgraduates and 14 professors from different disciplines, & finally the satellite is in orbit now!
Besides that it a proud moment for Indians, IITians, students of IIT Kanpur etc. I had been seeing (or actually not seeing) some of my friends work so hard for so long & to see (or know) that is into orbit is an amazing feeling! :D (cannot even imagine how Parul & the rest of the team who worked on Jugnu, must be feeling!)
Kudos to the Jugnu Team!
I will try & update this post with reactions from Parul & other team members soon! (Can't wait to meet her & see her reaction, & hopefully other members of the Jugnbu team too! :D )
I will try & update this post with reactions from Parul & other team members soon! (Can't wait to meet her & see her reaction, & hopefully other members of the Jugnbu team too! :D )
Here are some photos of the Jugnu team & the Jugnu Satellite! (taken from the Jugnu IITK website)
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Jugnu nanosatellite has started communicating from 12:48 hrs onward. It's signal has been tracked at ISRO, Bangalore. HAM operators all over the world sensed its presence by listening to the 'Beacon' signal from it.
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