CHENNAI: Four city students have developed what might be the sector’s lightest satellite tv for pc which will probably be launched from a NASA facility in the United States by way of August.
The first-year engineering students from Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science near Chennai constructed the 4cm ‘cube’ satellite tv for pc ‘Jaihind-1S’ with a 3D published outer casing from polylactic acid (PLA) nylon subject material, making it lighter than a medium sized egg, at just 33.39 grams.
KJ Harikrishnan, P Amarnath, G Sudhi and T Giri Prasad, students of Hindustan Institute of Technology, have developed a 4cm cube satellite tv for pc that weighs 33.39grams.
The satellite tv for pc has been designed and fabricated for the ‘Cubes in Space’ competition carried out by way of Colorado Space Grant consortium, NASA and idoodle-learning. It will probably be flown on a scientific balloon as much as an altitude of 70km.
The previous light-weight satellite tv for pc developed by way of Rifath Sharook, additionally from Tamil Nadu, and launched in the same competition in 2017 had weighed 64 grams.
“We designed the satellite tv for pc to habits three experiments – measure 20 climate parameters, check the nylon subject material in microgravity and monitor the trajectory whilst it's being flown. What makes the satellite tv for pc distinctive is that every one three experiments will probably be carried out at the similar time,” said K J Harikrishan, probably the most workforce members. “It price us ?15,000, so additionally it is the cheapest satellite tv for pc,” he added.
Harikrishan worked along with his three teammates P Amarnath, G Sudhi and T Giri Prasad for two weeks to assemble the satellite tv for pc and feed in the program.
As the balloon flies to an altitude of about 70km, the sensor modules in the satellite tv for pc will start measuring parameters like temperature, humidity, force and UV ray intensity in addition to the movement and the trajectory of the balloon. The sensors will ship the information to an onboard SD card via a microcontroller. Once the balloon reaches the required altitude, the satellite tv for pc will disengage from the balloon and fall. It will then be amassed for information retrieval whilst the sturdiness of the nylon subject material will also be assessed.
“The satellite tv for pc has sensor modules that are programmed to measure and file four different parameters per second. So, we can get a large amount of information as the balloon flies to an altitude of 70km for just about an afternoon,” the student said.
Professor G Dinesh Kumar, who was once the school marketing consultant, said the workforce stepped forward the potency of the satellite tv for pc by way of lowering its weight and choosing sensor modules that can measure multiple parameter at a time.
“We examined the satellite tv for pc as much as a peak of 40 feet. We will probably be sending it to the United States later this week,” the professor said.
The first-year engineering students from Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science near Chennai constructed the 4cm ‘cube’ satellite tv for pc ‘Jaihind-1S’ with a 3D published outer casing from polylactic acid (PLA) nylon subject material, making it lighter than a medium sized egg, at just 33.39 grams.
KJ Harikrishnan, P Amarnath, G Sudhi and T Giri Prasad, students of Hindustan Institute of Technology, have developed a 4cm cube satellite tv for pc that weighs 33.39grams.
The satellite tv for pc has been designed and fabricated for the ‘Cubes in Space’ competition carried out by way of Colorado Space Grant consortium, NASA and idoodle-learning. It will probably be flown on a scientific balloon as much as an altitude of 70km.
The previous light-weight satellite tv for pc developed by way of Rifath Sharook, additionally from Tamil Nadu, and launched in the same competition in 2017 had weighed 64 grams.
“We designed the satellite tv for pc to habits three experiments – measure 20 climate parameters, check the nylon subject material in microgravity and monitor the trajectory whilst it's being flown. What makes the satellite tv for pc distinctive is that every one three experiments will probably be carried out at the similar time,” said K J Harikrishan, probably the most workforce members. “It price us ?15,000, so additionally it is the cheapest satellite tv for pc,” he added.
Harikrishan worked along with his three teammates P Amarnath, G Sudhi and T Giri Prasad for two weeks to assemble the satellite tv for pc and feed in the program.
As the balloon flies to an altitude of about 70km, the sensor modules in the satellite tv for pc will start measuring parameters like temperature, humidity, force and UV ray intensity in addition to the movement and the trajectory of the balloon. The sensors will ship the information to an onboard SD card via a microcontroller. Once the balloon reaches the required altitude, the satellite tv for pc will disengage from the balloon and fall. It will then be amassed for information retrieval whilst the sturdiness of the nylon subject material will also be assessed.
“The satellite tv for pc has sensor modules that are programmed to measure and file four different parameters per second. So, we can get a large amount of information as the balloon flies to an altitude of 70km for just about an afternoon,” the student said.
Professor G Dinesh Kumar, who was once the school marketing consultant, said the workforce stepped forward the potency of the satellite tv for pc by way of lowering its weight and choosing sensor modules that can measure multiple parameter at a time.
“We examined the satellite tv for pc as much as a peak of 40 feet. We will probably be sending it to the United States later this week,” the professor said.
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