Space Startup Navars Edutech to launch 100 student-developed Satellites

Space Startup Navars Edutech to launch 100 student-developed Satellites

Question: With which of the following indigeous company Space startup Navars Edutech set to launch 100 student-developed satellites?
a) Skyroot Aerospace
b) BrahMos Aerospace
c) Dhruva Space
d) Agnikul Cosmos
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:-

  • Navars Edutech, Hyderabad-based space startup, has partnered with Skyroot Aerospace to launch 100 student-developed satellites constellation.
  • These students satellite will be launched within the span of five years.
  • According to Pawan Chandana, CEO Skyroot Aerospace, this partnership will bring Space activities much closer to students.
  • Navars will lead this exciting EdTech transformation for the first time in the country at the school level.
  • This partnership enables Navars Edutech to become India’s first Space Education startup for K12 students to design and launch satellites to space.
  • It is going to be done by using an indigenously developed private launch vehicle of Skyroot Aerospace.
  • There is a mission to take the first set of Satellites to LEO (Low Earth Orbit) with Skyroot’s maiden launch Vikram-I in December-2022.
  • In this way students will develop the intended satellite constellations for astronomical observations.
  • Navars will lead this exciting EdTech transformation for the first time in the country at the school level.
  • Navars Edutech is a leading Astronomy & Space education company with a primary focus to drive awareness and education.
  • It does so through engagement and innovation by offering real-life experience through live content, software tools, hardware kits.

By – Rajesh Tripathi

Links:-
https://www.business-standard.com/content/press-releases-ani/navars-edutech-to-launch-100-satellite-constellations-in-the-next-5-years-in-collaboration-with-skyroot-aerospace-122021500988_1.html