ISRO Will Teach 100 Grade 9 Students To Build Satellites In Summer And Launch Them To Space

Indira Datta - Mar 06, 2019

Students selected to study in the program also have the opportunity to visit and learn about satellite launch facilities in Sriharikota.

In January 2019, The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced its new program where young Indian scientists would get first-hand training in satellite building. Now, the space agency is set to reveal the selection of 100 students across India to allow them to join a practical experience of how satellites were built through the "Young Scientist Programme." This initiative has attracted many young scientists from all across India to strive in order to show their talents.

Selected students will be trained to build small satellites

ISRO will soon announce students selected to take part in a satellite training course. 100 grade 9 students listed by The Yuva Vigyani Karyakram (YUVIKA) will be attending a course to learn and build satellites. According to K Sivan, ISRO's president, the main purpose of this project is to help young people understand and love the work related to space and universe. This stimulates children's passions and talents so that they may become astronomers in the future, helping India's space industry grow.

In January, Sivan said, the program wanted to teach and help students create their own small satellites by themselves and they would be launched if they were completed and worked well.

The satellites will be launched into space if they are completed well by students

During 2 weeks of study, selected students will be taken to ISRO camps in Bengaluru and Thiruvananthapuram. Students selected to study in the program also have the opportunity to visit and learn about satellite launch facilities in Sriharikota. Currently, the program organizers are looking for 3 appropriate students in all schools in each state and federal in order to participate in this program.

A view of Isro's launchpad facility at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh

Criteria for selecting suitable students are based on their dynamics in extracurricular activities and their academic results. Moreover, students who love to become astronomers but live in rural areas will be given priorities to participate in the program.