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SRM to launch satellite to moon by 2018

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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> SRM University would be the first
university in India to launch a satellite to the moon by 2018 to do research on
the rocks on the Moon’s surface and their chemical composition. Earlier, the
university had put in space a satellite that is still orbiting the Earth.
Speaking on the sidelines of the counseling sessions for admission to the
University at its Kattankulathur campus on the outskirts of the city,
founder-chancellor Dr T.R. Parivendhar said that their first satellite launched
in 2011 turned out to be a success and still continues to be in orbit even
after crossing its lifetime of two years.</span><br />

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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“As we have been successful in our first satellite mission,
we are planning for the second one, which would conduct research on the Moon,”
he said. Elaborating more about the 20-kgs Moon satellite, Dr D. Narayana Rao,
director (Research) at SRM University said the preliminary works for the
development of the satellite started with selection of faculty for the project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“The satellite will be ready for launch by 2018 and will
first be launched in polar orbit and after three months it will be taken to
lunar orbit through the on-board ignition system. We are in dialogue with Isro
for the development of the satellite. This will be a small satellite weighing
about 10 to 20 kilograms,” Prof Rao, the former director of Isro’s National
Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL), said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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 <span lang="EN" style="background: silver; color: black; font-family: Lato; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-highlight: silver;">Speaking on the sidelines of the counseling sessions for admission to the
University at its Kattankulathur campusfounder-chancellor Dr T.R. Parivendhar
since the first satellite mission was succesful university is planning to
launch second one</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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SRM to launch satellite to moon by 2018

SRM University would be the first university in India to launch a satellite to the moon by 2018 to do research on the rocks on the Moon’s ...