The inauguration ceremony will be conducted virtually owing to the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country. After the inauguration, the satellite would be handed over to ISRO in February for its use.
Students of Sri Shakti Institute of Engineering and Technology have designed and developed a satellite at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore. The satellite will be inaugurated by the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Dr R Sivan today; i.e. January 28. The formation of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre in June last by Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspired 12 students of the institute to collaborate with ISRO and develop 'SriShaktiSat', the institute chairman Dr. Thangavel told reporters.
After installing Sri Shakti Sat Ground Station in collaboration with Serbia-based Community for Space Programme Development, the institute became a member of the Satellite Networked Open Ground Station (SATNOGS) project, he said.
Thangavel said SATNOGS aimed at providing technologies for a distributed network of low earth orbit satellite ground stations. Srishaktisat would be weighing only 460 grams but can perform like any other nanosatellites weighing up to 10 kgs, he said. The satellite would be used as a technology demonstrator for the Internet of Things in space and for inter-satellite communication, he said.
The inauguration ceremony will be conducted virtually owing to the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country. After the inauguration, the satellite would be handed over to ISRO in February for its use, he added.
Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering & Technology (SIET) is an autonomous engineering institute located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. The institute was established in 2006 and is affiliated with Anna University. As of 2019, the four of the programmes offered by the institute were accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA).
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