           Jammu’s 12th grader made Nano-satellite
Jammu, January 02, 2023: Onkar Batra, an emerging young scientist from Jammu, who studies in 12th standard has made a Nano-satellite known as ‘InQube’.
Batra, a student at BSF Senior Secondary School Jammu has said that he has developed India’s first open-source satellite and prepared it under the banner of ‘Paradox Sonic Research Space Agency’.
Also Read: Over 91 Lakh Pilgrims Visited Vaishno Devi Shrine In 2022, Highest In Nine Years
“We have big Satellites in space, but my innovation is very small in size, which dazzles people. This type of satellite design first came in early 2000’s, when a professor of US based Calgary University published a research paper on Nano-satellites, it became popular that time and now we have hundreds of these satellites orbiting the earth and so many have been prepared in India also”, he said.
     Watch Report by Ashish Kohli
“It took three years to prepare this satellite and if someone have funded me, then this would have completed in six months. One crucial aspect of this satellite is that it is an outreach program. India’s first space scientist was Vikram Sarabhai, who pioneered space research in India. We don’t lack resources in J&K to prepare a satellite, what we lack here is awareness.”, he added.
“The purpose of making a satellite is to be launched in space and that’s why I have installed GPS, House-keeping sensors, ADC sensors and IMU in it. It also contains a camera on its bottom, but its low resolution camera cannot process scientific data at this time”, he said.
Aman Zutshi
