IIT Bombay Student Satellite Program

IIT Bombay can now boast of the rare privilege of being one of the very few universities worldwide to have successfully launched its own satellite. Christened Pratham, being IIT Bombay's first foray into space technology, the satellite's payload was to produce data on the total electron count in the atmosphere, used for applications like GPS correction. Planned, designed, built and tested exclusively by the students, with guidance from Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and IITB faculty, the completely autonomous satellite Pratham took IIT Bombay into the elite space club on 26th September 2016, when it was launched by ISRO on board the PSLV C-35.

The team has now begun the next chapter in the Student Satellite Project of IITB and work has begun on Advitiy, the second satellite. The team has also built an autonomous groundstation at IIT Bombay for tracking and communicating with satellites. With groundstation workshops, HAM Club and various other related activities, the Project also aims to involve other universities across India and spread the knowledge accumulated by the team over the years as a part of the social goal. This Wiki was created towards that end.

Contact Us

To know more about this project, visit our website: http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/satlab/
You can also visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/iitb.student.satellite/
To contribute to this Wiki, please send a mail to advitiy.iitbss@gmail.com.

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