On Monday, four Indian space start-ups will launch their payloads that will exhibit microsatellite components, thrusters or small engines that keep satellites in desired orbits, and radiation shield coating for satellites on board ISRO’s PSLV-C58 mission.
Dhruva Space, based in Hyderabad will validate the functionality and robustness of the P-30 nanosatellite platform and its various subsystems in space as part of the ‘Launching Expeditions for Aspiring Payloads – Technology Demonstrator’ (LEAP-TD) payload on the PSLV-C58 mission, which will launch the XPoSat satellite.
Dhruva Space, Chief Executive Officer, Sanjay Nekkanti stated, “The LEAP initiative of Dhruva Space marks a significant moment, underscoring our commitment to delivering full-stack and hosted payload solutions to our customers. This will be further enriched by new, upcoming pursuits in the fields of Earth Observation, IoT solutions, and more”.
The payloads of the space-tech start-ups and other research institutions will be stored on the fourth stage of the PSLV rocket, which will be deployed in low earth orbit to conduct various experiments.
ISRO’s PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM) enables scientific research in orbit by utilizing the leftover PS4 stage as an orbital platform.
Bellatrix Aerospace, based in Bengaluru, will put their Rudra 0.3 HPGP, a green monopropellant thruster, and ARKA-200, a heater-less hollow cathode for Hall thrusters, to the test.
Arindrajit Chowdhury’s Mumbai-based and IIT Bombay-incubated InspeCity Space Labs Private Limited will test the Green Impulse TrAnsmitter (GITA), a Green bipropellant CubeSat propulsion unit.
TakeMe2Space, based in Hyderabad, will put its Radiation Shielding Experimental Module (RSEM) to the test, to determine the usefulness of effectiveness of Tantalum coating extending the lifespan of a CubeSat.
The POEM will also include a Women Engineered Satellite (WESAT) created by the Thiruvananthapuram-based LBS Institute of Technology for Women, which will assess solar irradiance and UV Index.
Onboard POEM will be an amateur radio satellite BeliefSat-0 from KJ Somaiya Institute of Technology.
POEM will carry two payloads from ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) will have two payloads Fuel Cell Power System (FCPS) and Silicon-based High Energy Cell.
The Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad will have its Dust Experiment (DEX) designed to count interplanetary dust.
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