Jugnu [IITK]
Jugnu is a 3U-cubesat built by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
The 3 kg nanosatellite will be used to provide data for agriculture and disaster monitoring. Jugnu has a design life of one year.
Jugnu's carries the Micro Imaging System, a near infrared camera which will be used to observe vegetation. Also on board is a GPS receiver to aid tracking, and is intended to demonstrate a microelectromechanical inertial measurement unit.
Jugnu was launched piggy back into low Earth with Megha-Tropiques on a PSLV-CA rocket.
Nation: | India |
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Type / Application: | Technology, Earth observation |
Operator: | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
Contractors: | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
Equipment: | Micro Imaging System, GPS receiver |
Configuration: | CubeSat (3U) |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | 1 year |
Mass: | 4 kg |
Orbit: | 850 km × 866 km, 19.9° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Jugnu | 2011-058B | 12.10.2011 | Sr FLP | PSLV-CA | with Megha-Tropiques, VesselSat 1, SRMSAT |