Hyderabad: Anurag University students to launch satellite soon

Hyderabad: Students and faculty of the Anurag University, Hyderabad, have embarked on a journey to launch a satellite named ANURAGsat this year.

Over 200 students will develop, build, integrate, test, launch and monitor the satellite using hands-on experience under the supervision of faculty and global space tech organizations. The satellite will be put into Earth’s orbit with help of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

For designing and developing the satellite, the Anurag University on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Technology Congress Association which will extend its expertise to students and faculty of the university.

Satellite will be launched as part of the ‘75 Students’ Satellites Mission 2022’, an initiative of the union government celebrating 75 years of Independence. The Mission 2022 is aimed at launching 75 student-built satellites into orbit, with the larger emphasis on academia laying a foundation to science-based education and experience based learning.

Through the launch of the satellite, the university intends to train its student community on space technology. The proposed satellite will be designed and developed in a dedicated lab set up on the university campus.

“The idea of launching the satellite is to give exposure to students on space technology and accordingly train them. A total of 200 students and 30 faculty members from different departments are involved in developing and launching the satellite. Faculty members are getting their certification in space technology and they will be guiding the students. An ISRO vehicle will carry this satellite and launch is tentatively scheduled in the month of August this year,” Anurag University, CEO, S Neelima told Telangana Today.