India to launch tiny student satellite

A group of Indian undergraduate students have manufactured an 850-gram satellite, which will be launched on May 9 along with the indigenous satellite, Alsat.

The satellite, StudSat, has been designed and developed by 40 undergraduate students from seven engineering colleges across Bangalore and Hyderabad.

The satellite will leave the Isro Satellite Center in Bangalore and move to Sriharikota for integration with the four-stage Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle for launch on May 9, The Times of India reported on Wednesday.

StudSat, classified as a pico-satellite, will be launched along with the indigenous Cartosat-2b satellite, Alsat, from Algeria and two other satellites from the University of Toronto, Canada.

The launch coincides with a conference on small satellites on April 28. StudSat, an acronym for student satellite, will send Indian education into higher orbit.

Source: PressTV.
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