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After the successful launch of the first satellite of IIT Bombay, 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. 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 ==
Attempts have been made to keep this wiki as general as possible, so as not to bias the viewer in any way towards any particular design. You can expect the following from this wiki:
* A detailed description of the roles and requirements of the subsystems in the satellite
Above all, expect this wiki to be a go-to place whenever you are stuck. More often than not, you'll find a direction for way ahead when going through this wiki. Also expect this wiki to evolve continuously
== What NOT to Expect from this Wiki ==
Please don't expect the following from this wiki:
* A satellite design, which can be easily replicated by you
* 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
== What is expected from you ==
We expect all our visitors to view this wiki as a collective resource that can be improved continuously through active contributions from the community. While we have made efforts to make this wiki error-proof, there is a definite possibility of some errors cropping up here and there. Hence it is strongly recommended that you cross-check with references if you are adhering to a fact stated in this wiki. Also, all corrections/improvements in the form of comments and suggestions are very much welcome and our visitors are expected to help the team make this wiki better.
== Getting Started ==
Depending on the stage of the project you are already in, one or more of the following links will be a useful starting point for you, in this wiki:
* [[Starting a Student Satellite Project]]
** [[Building the Team]]
** [[Planning the mission and finalizing the Payload]]
** [[Required Obtaining the required Infrastructure]]** [[Building the Team]]
* [[Subsystems within a Satellite]]
** [[Payload Subsystem]]