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== Motivation ==
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. The entire project was student-run, and the team was self-taught, with mentorship and guidance from faculty members and support from IITB. Consequently, a lot of knowledge was accumulated by the team, 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 method for 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 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.
== What to expect from this Wiki ==
* Step by step instructions for how to make a satellite. This is anyway practically impossible since each satellite is a different system. We will simply be focussing on general guidelines which can be applicable to every system
* Design and analyses files of Pratham. As explained already, we are aiming for a general wiki and hence don't want to bias the viewers with Pratham's design
 
This wiki is not meant to replace the efforts required to be put in when building a satellite. It is meant to supplement them.
== What is expected from you ==
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