Marwadi University partners with ISRO and ITCA to launch Gujarat's first-ever student satellite
India Today
Marwadi University has partnered with ISRO and ITCA to launch Gujarat's first-ever student satellite. A lab with a Rs 1.9 crore funding will be set up to this end.
In a massive step to accelerate student innovation, Marwadi University (MU), the youngest institution to be recognized as a Centre of Excellence (CoE) by the Government of Gujarat, signed a MoU with the Indian Technology Congress Association (ITCA).
The aim is to develop and launch student-built satellites into the orbit under the aspirational and ambitious 75 Students’ Satellites Mission 2022 in collaboration with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
A special space lab will be set up at the university with INR 1.9 crore funding by the university itself. This will be the first student satellite to be launched from Gujarat.
The satellite being built under the mission by MU students and faculty will have a mass of 1300 grams and a payload of 260 grams.
The Mission's purpose is to educate students on how to design, develop, manufacture, integrate, test, launch, and monitor SmallSats through a hands-on paradigm.
The 75 Students' Satellites Mission 2022 aims to have students pursuing higher education build and launch small satellites (SmallSats) into low earth orbit.
It envisioned 75 satellites being launched to commemorate the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, with 75 notable institutions deploying their student-built SmallSats.
