SDSAT Spacecraft

SDSAT
SDSAT
Name Saditsat (SKI SATISH DHAWAN SAT, SDSAT. SD Sat, SD'Sat)
Type CubeSat
Units or mass 3U
Status Reentry 2023-07-18. Was operational until 2021-04-03 (Official Twitter as of 2021-03-27 and radio amateur reports. Last TinyGS packet on 2021-04-03, which broadly matches SatNOGS packets with proper data. Last checked 2024-12-18)
Launched 2021-02-28
NORAD ID 47721
Deployer ?
Launcher PSLV (C51)
Entity name Space Kidz India
Institution Non-profit
Entity type Academic / Education
Country India
Oneliner

Educational mission studying space radiation, magnetosphere and demonstrating nanosatellite components.

Description

Goals of the Satellite

  • To study space radiation
  • Magnetosphere and
  • Demonstrate the indigenously designed and developed nanosatellite components as part of our Hon'ble PM's Vision - Aatmanirbhar Bharat Initiative.

The satellite also tests the capabilities of LoRa technology in Space which could be helpful for many applications in the future in short and M2M communication. 

Sources [1] [2] [3]
Photo sources [1] [2]
On the same launch

Last modified: 2024-12-18

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