Satellite built by students to beam anthem from space

The Hindu reports that a satellite built by engineering students of NRI Institute of Technology (NRIIT) at Agiripalli in Krishna district is all set to beam the country’s national anthem from space, once placed in orbit.

A five-member team, headed by Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) student Kovelakar Salvendar Ghansheed Baba, designed the satellite named ‘Kesari’. The team is planning to launch the satellite into orbit with the help of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

It was on December 27 in 1911 that the Jana Gana Mana was sung for the first time, at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

NRIIT Group of Colleges chairman R. Venkat Rao lauded Mr. Salvendar and his team of Gudla Uday Kiran, Kasani Ranga Rao, Arepalli Jagan and Kante Manoj Kumar, all ECE students, for designing the satellite.

The students uploaded the audio file of the national anthem to the satellite using Morse code. Once placed in orbit, the satellite would beam the anthem across the country, which can be picked up by amateur radio (HAM radio) operators anywhere in India who can listen to it after decoding the Morse code, Mr. Venkat Rao said.

Associate professors D. Ravi Shankar and P. Ramakoteswara Rao, who guided the students, said that the satellite had a battery management system, high frequency transmitter, antennas and a robust protective system to guard the equipment.

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