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After the successful launch of the first satellite of IIT Bombay, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratham_(satellite) Pratham], it was felt that the knowledge and the experience accumulated by the Pratham team over the years should be systematically preserved for the future teams. Pratham satellite was built by students who were passionate about building something that would outlive them. No academic credits were provided for making the satellite. It was taken up by the students as an extra-curricular project. The entire project was student-run, and the team was self-taught, with mentorship and guidance from faculty members and support from [http://www.iitb.ac.in/ IIT Bombay] and [https://www.isro.gov.in/ Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)]. Consequently, invaluable knowledge was accumulated by the team, which could not be gained through any academic course or from a book, but through experience and rigour, and it needed to be preserved. In parallel, we were approached by several students who were seeking help in starting off a Student Satellite Project in their own college/university. Strongly motivated by our social goal to spread our knowledge, we were looking for a way of helping aspiring students in a detailed manner without compromising with the work of IITBSSP. These requirements led to the birth of this Satellite 101 wiki. Since the team began working on IIT Bombay's second satellite, Advitiy (अद्वितीय) around the time this idea was born, we decided to maintain this wiki in parallel to our work on Advitiy so that it can keep evolving with our experience.

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