The Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K), has developed a nano satellite, Jugnu which will be launched between September and October as confirmed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

The satellite will be launched in a polar orbit from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.

The institute authenticate that satellite is ready and by the end of July this 3.5 kg satellite will be handed over to ISRO.

The project was in process since 2007, with Nalinaksh S Vyas, as leader of a team of 12 IIT-K teachers and 45 students. Nalinaksh S Vyas said that on July 11, ISRO has checked the progress of the project through video conferencing.

ISRO scientists were pleased to see the preparations and progress of the project, told by Nalinaksh S Vyas.

He also said that satellite is equipped with ejection mechanism which is developed by IIT-K team. With the help of ejection mechanism, Jugnu will able to separate itself from main satellite after the man satellite is launched in the polar orbit.

In the first stage, team has developed a prototype of Jugnu, followed by its engineering model, which was presented before our President Pratibha Patila during her visit to the institute on March 6 to attend golden jubilee function.

The president had further passed on this model to ISRO scientists for conducting tests.

Jugnu, 3.5 kg satellite is loaded with some exclusive features like, it has a life span of one year and in 24 hrs , it will encircle the Earth 14 to 15 times. It will be launched in the Polar orbit, which is around 700 km above Earth.

The satellite is capable of sending pictures of weather, water bodies, crops and soils to IIT-K base station. The satellite is programmed to send images thrice in every 3 to 5 minutes on daily basis.

To capture high resolution pictures, it is fixed with power micro imaging system and men's-based micro electronic system.

Nalinaksh S Vyas, Project leader and IIT-K professor said that this nano satellite is designed to resist roughness of space.