ISRO All Set to Launch Nanosatellite Designed by Bangalore Based PES University Students


BENGALURU: The hard work of about 250 students of the PES University, Bengaluru is going to pay them high as they are on the course of becoming youngest Indian space scientists. Indian Space Research organization (ISRO) is ready to launch the imaging Nanosatellite made by these younger scientists. These students with their faculties have invested a lot of time and energy in designing this futuristic satellite and now very soon it is going to be propelled into space on account of an ISRO space program. As reported by Aparajita Ray for the Times of India, this achievement will provide a moral boost to the students and university, to work harder in their future endeavors.

The university named the satellite as PISAT, after a mathematical constant PI. This satellite is equipped with the instruments that will take snapshots of the Earth, especially India, from space. A control and commanding station are established at the university campus and the professors along with the students will control the device from there. PISAT will accompany the PSLV of ISRO while launching into space.

Professor V Sambasivarao, former deputy director of ISRO and a faculty of PES University first anticipated the idea of the project. He mentioned that after retiring from ISRO in 2011 and while starting as a professor at PES University, he was willing to teach students about the world related to space and rocket science. He started the project at the end of 2011 with the   funding from the college management. Moreover, ISRO scientists were guiding them at each stage of the satellite building process.

ISRO scientists visited the college campus for testing the satellite and reviewing the design before giving it a final clearance for its launch. The education minister of Karnataka Mr. B Jayachandra will unveil the satellite and soon it will be handed over to ISRO. The travelling vehicle, which is going to accompany the satellite, is also finalized by ISRO.

The students of different engineering branches anticipated in the completion of the project and four other colleges also collaborated in the successful completion of the project. These colleges are NCERC, Thrissur; Veltech University, Chennai; SKREC, Chennai; Sona College of Technology, Salem. The Institution of Engineers (I.E.I) also participated in the satellite-building program. ISRO provided the necessary guidance to the students involved in this project in a period of five years. The students and professors teamed up and worked hard enough to achieve the feat and it is going to be a major milestone in the university’s achievements board.

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