Thiruvananthapuram: For Muarala Safe Naveen, a 21-year-old student at the India Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), it is a dream that materializes.
He has been chosen as a satellite operator in the Inspiresi-1 team, students’ satellites developed by iIs, which will be launched on Monday, along with two other satellites named EOS-04 and INS-2-TD.
He was one of the students who had worked for the past four years to create satellites that would help in Ionospheric studies.
“The work on the satellite began in 2017.
Team members also included students from the pass.
Batch -out.
When serving satellites before the entire college, applause and feedback we get very encouraging us and we are very happy to be part of this project At a very young age, “said Muarala Safe Naveen, who came from Hyderabad.
Inspiresat.
-1 is a satellite student who has been jointly developed by iIs, Thiruvananthapuram, a small spacecraft system and a cargo center (SSPACE), room physics laboratory at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the United States.
Universities including NTU, Singapore and NCU, Taiwan also contributed to the project.
The Indian Space Agency has scheduled the launch for 5.59 in the morning at the first launch of Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC), Sriharikota.
Satellite weight is 8.38 kg.
Other students from IIS who worked for this year’s project were Dhruva Anantha Datta, Devashish Bhalla and Aroshish Priyadarshan under the leadership of Priyadarshan Professor Day.
This satellite aims to enhance the understanding of ionosphere dynamics through observation of temperature, composition, density and ion speed, and also to improve the understanding of the coronal heating process by measuring the soft spectrum of the sun.
After the test on Iist, the spaceship was shifted to SDSC.
It has also undergone various tests and free distances.
This is a stable three-axis spacecraft that carries two payloads, CIP, and DAXS.
Payment is expected to capture data for scientific requirements in Polar (LEO) low Earth orbit around 529 altitude.
Authorities say that satellites usually function for 6 months to 1 year.
“The students really work hard and are far more creative.
Their interest in the project gives us more energy.
This project has also given them the best opportunity to learn many things,” said Priyadarshan Day, the main mission investigator.