Engineering:SRMSAT

SRMSAT

Mission type	Technology
Operator	SRM Institute of Science and Technology
COSPAR ID	2011-058D
Website	www.teamsrmsat.in
Mission duration	12 months (planned) 12 years, 4 months, 10 days (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
Launch mass	10 kilograms (22 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	12 October 2011 (2011-10-12)
Rocket	PSLV C18
Launch site	Satish Dhawan FLP
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Inclination	20 degrees
Period	102.1 minutes

SRMSAT is a Nanosatellite built by students at Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University (SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai) in India . The satellite is an Indian Technology demonstration and Earth observation satellite which is operated by the SRM Institute of Science and Technology. This nanosatellite was used to monitor Greenhouse gases in atmosphere.

SRMSAT's primary mission was the development of a nanosatellite platform for future missions. Its secondary mission was monitoring of greenhouse gasses using an Argus Spectrometer.

Specifications

• It is a 10.4-kilogram (23 lb) spacecraft, which measures 28 centimetres (11 in) in length by 28 centimetres (11 in) in height and width.
• Its development programme cost around 1.5 crore rupee.
• It had a design life of one year, but is still working (As of October 2017) and can be tracked easily on n2yo.com

Launch

It was launched from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in October 2011. atop a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C18 rocket. The launch was a multi-payload mission shared with Megha-Tropiques, VesselSat-1 and Jugnu.

See also

• 2011 in spaceflight

External links

• SRM Institute of Science and Technology
• Thoth