The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched its SSLV D2 rocket to put three satellites into an intended circular orbit. The vehicle takes off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on February 10.
There rocket carried three satellites named: EOS-07, Janus-1 and AzaadiSAT-2.0.
AzaadiSAT, developed by government school students aged 14 to 17, will demonstrate amateur radio communication capabilities and measure radiation.
Students learned coding and programmed sensors that can function in space to build it. They were guided by the startup Space Kidz India, whose work includes small satellite design and launch.
The project is in accordance with the United Nations’ call for “Women in Space.” This is the first space mission of its kind with an all-women concept to promote women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
