NIUSAT

NIUSAT is a Nanosatellite. This satellite designed and developed by Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education under Noorul Islam University.

In this satellite Miniature Wide Field Sensor (MWiFS) used for agriculture and disaster management support applications.

 Dimensions of NIUSAT is 35×35×37 cm in size.

 NIUSAT employs a highly modular design in order to create a new small satellite platform that can be easily integrated.

The main application of NIUSAT for remote sensing, astronomy and communications.

Read: Rohini Satellite

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A dedicated Mission Control Centre with UHF/VHF antenna for Telemetry operations and NIUSAT has also used S-band antenna for Payload data reception has been established at the university. 

 Total Mass of NIUSAT with payload is 15 kg.

 Features of this satellites integrated  RGP camera with a ground resolution of 25 m and a frame size of 50 km × 50 km.

The NIUSAT satellite project, involving students and staff of the university, making use of the state-of-the-art proven technologies and modules.

Credit: ISRO 

Also Read: PSLV Missions

Payload detail:

The  “Generic Nanosatellite Bus” can support payloads up to 30 x 30 x 15 cm in size with a power of up to 15 Watts.

 The overall design of NIUSAT for robustness through redundancy with fully redundant power, command, attitude and communications systems with design simplicity arising through functionally co-located systems.

e.g. facilitating EPS components like a solar panel, battery and electronics on a single panel.

Satellite spacecraft hosts four 24 x 24-cm deployable solar panels. 

This solar panel generates power up to 40 Watts, stored in a pair of 5 Amp-hour Li-Ion batteries. 

Spacecraft also have Three-axis stabilization system, accomplished with sun sensors, magnetometers and MEMS gyros for attitude determination and miniature reaction wheels and magnetic torquers for attitude actuation.

Mission overview:

• Application: Earth observation
• Operator: Noorul Islam University 
• Contractor: Noorul Islam University
• Launch Mass: 15 kg
• Launch vehicle: PSLV C38
• Launch site: Sriharikota 
• Orbit type: SSPO

Credit: ISRO