The Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology (SNIST) here has established a standalone space technology centre in collaboration with local space technology startup Dhruva Space to design and launch its first LEO satellite.
The proposed Cubsat — SreeSat(A 0.5 U) — is planned for launch by end of 2022. In 2019, SNIST launched SREESAT-1, a balloon Cubesat from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TFIR), Hyderabad.
SNIST’s Space Technology Center will also focus on innovative product development and entrepreneurship in the space sector. The centre is looking forward to paving the path for self-reliance and creating entrepreneurs that solve problems pertaining to sustainable development, a statement said.
The centre will promote study in space science and develop customized payloads in the future by applying hyperspectral imaging techniques, which will be useful in several areas including agriculture, natural calamity prediction, water resource monitoring, deforestation, container movement, and other varied applications.
