AzaadiSAT Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Spacecraft	AzaadiSAT
Type	Nanosatellite
Units or mass	8 kg
Status	Launch failure
Launched	2022-08-07
NORAD ID	Launch failure
Deployer	Custom
Launcher	SSLV
Organisation	Space Kidz India
Institution	Non-profit
Entity	Academic / Education
Country	India
Oneliner	Carries 75 different payloads each weighing around 50 grams and conducting femto-experiments. Girl students from rural regions across the country were provided guidance to build these payloads.
Description	“AZAADISAT” is a satellite mission with the ambitious vision to encourage Government school children with the basic understanding and knowledge of space and tutor them to build a small experiment and launch it to the edge of space through “Orbital Satellite”. Carries 75 different payloads each weighing around 50 grams and conducting femto-experiments. Girl students from rural regions across the country were provided guidance to build these payloads. The payloads include a UHF-VHF Transponder working in ham radio frequency to enable voice and data transmission for amateur radio operators, a solid state PIN diode-based Radiation counter to measure the ionising radiation in its orbit, a long-range transponder and a selfie camera. The ground system developed by ‘Space Kidz India’ will be utilised for receiving the data from this satellite.
Notes	Has been called a 8U CubeSat but based on pictures does not seem to follow the CubeSat Design Specification. 8 kg makes it a nanosatellite.
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Last modified: 2023-06-09