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Pratham student satellite returns to life

Posted: 20 Dec 2016 08:38 AM PST
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/20/prat...turns-to-life/

Pratham satellite in Mumbai Mirror

The Mumbai Mirror reports on the return to life of the Pratham satellite
launched on September 26, 2016. Pratham carries an amateur radio payload
and was built by students at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
(IIT-B).

The newspaper says:

After one month of radio silence, the ground station at the Indian
Institute of Technology, Bombay, received a signal from Pratham satellite
on the morning of December 17, suggesting that it was still alive and
kicking. Pratham is the first satellite to be sent into space by an IIT.

The satellite had received signals in the first few weeks after its launch
on September 26, this year, but had gone quiet in November, due to
technical difficulties, causing team members to worry if it was still
operational.

“The fact that we received a signal on Saturday suggests that the satellite
has now stabilized and is back to collecting data,� said Ratnesh Mishra,
project manager of Pratham. While Mishra says that the incoming signal
means that the satellite is functional, data transfer is yet to take place.

Read the full article at
http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/m...w/56075162.cms

Pratham info https://amsat-uk.org/2016/09/07/prat...ent-satellite/