Jugnu (satellite)
| Youth | |
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| Type: | Earth observation satellite |
| Country: |
 India
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| Operator: | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2011-058B |
| Mission dates | |
| Dimensions: | 3 kg |
| Begin: | October 12, 2011, 05:30 UTC |
| Starting place: | SHAR FLP |
| Launcher: | PSLV-CA C-18 |
| Status: | Out of service |
| Orbit data | |
| Rotation time : | 101.9 min |
| Orbit inclination : | 20.0 ° |
| Apogee height : | 872 km |
| Perigee height : | 844 km |
Jugnu is an Indian Cubesat (cube-shaped small satellite) that was built by the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur . Its job was to collect data for agriculture and disaster monitoring.
Furnishing
Jugnus main payload is a camera that works in the near infrared and is used for vegetation observation . Also on board is a GPS receiver for position determination and an inertial measuring unit . The satellite is powered by solar cells and batteries.
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Jugnu was on 12 October 2011 with an PSLV - launcher along with Megha-Tropiques , VesselSat 1 and SRMSAT from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in a low earth orbit brought. It was a sub-satellite of Megha-Tropiques, which means that it was ejected in the course of its mission.
Web links
- Jugnu on Gunter's Space Page (English).
- Youth on the ISRO homepage (English).
- Jugnu on the manufacturer's website.
- Short video about Jugnu on Youtube .