While most of us were revising for exams, these students were preparing for the stratosphere.
Thirteen Class XI students from Ariyakudi Government Higher Secondary School near Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, built and launched a 600-gram mini satellite named Vikko Sat 1 to study fungal spores in the second layer of the atmosphere.
Why fungi? Because spores travelling high above Earth can affect crops and agricultural health if they descend.
Concerned about this invisible threat, the students spent six months designing the device, equipping it with five specialised sensors and adhesive sampling surfaces to capture real time data that ground studies often miss.
The launch was executed by Aerolaunch India using a weather balloon, the satellite ascended 22 km into the stratosphere on February 13, braving thin air and low temperatures. It was later recovered intact, with samples safely brought back to their school control room for analysis.
From a Tamil Nadu government classroom to cutting-edge atmospheric research, India’s young scientists are already thinking beyond the sky.
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Credits : @AerolaunchI The launch was executed by Aerolaunch India using a weather balloon,
Article 51(A)(g) of constitution of India says;
It is duty of every citizen to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have compassion for living creatures;
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