Participants in this mission will learn from space experts the challenges to build & test their own satellite, analyze and research!
About this Event

Build and Launch your Own Satellite, Inviting all the Middle and High School Students (From Grade 6th to 11th Grade)

More info @ https://www.istartvalley.org/programs/build-satellites

iStart Valley brings to you leading edge space education program in collaboration with NAVARS EdTech, a leading Space Innovation Company and Space Industry Leaders working closely with students from various tiers of society and space industry leaders to fill the gap in capacity building among the youth of the nation, help build a sustainable future, and grow the space economy.

From the first beep of Sputnik 1 to the pictures of the universe taken by the James Web Telescope, artificial satellites have proven to be a very important tool to increase human knowledge and technological innovations. StudentSat is the world’s first student satellite system that simulates the satellite mission and celebrates the transfer of learning. It’s a unique event that encourages you to make and test your own satellite and teach about satellite. Participants in the primary mission must participate in active learning through challenges, test their own satellite, analyse data and participate in the satellite design contest.

Learning Outcomes

• Learning the basics of satellite systems

• Learning the methods of active experimentation and result analysis

• Evaluate, understand the concepts to learn solve real life problems

• Using critical thinking to understand the satellite concept in depth

• Applying learned concepts to create a project and presenting it

• Learners participate in the problem-solving and presentation processes

Name of the Instructor:

Praveen Suryavanshi

·10 + years in Astronomy & Space science education

· Certified Amateur Astronomer

· Telescope Expert

· Star Gazing Field Expert

· Co-Founder of the Astronomy Society

· Science Communicator for Nat-Geo India during Chandrayaan-2 Mission

Program Advisor:

Vish Madhugiri is the Chief Strategy Officer and business at SAAZ Technologies, a digital imaging innovations company. Vish held positions in the past such as Chief Innovation Officer at Lycamobile, world’s largest Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO). Besides 3 decades of experience in the Automotive, IT and Telco sectors beginning with the TATA Group, Vish has engaged in international commercial/research collaborations, and incubated start-ups in the UK, USA, India, Europe and Australia. Vish believes that most future innovations will occur at the intersection of technologies/disciplines; especially at the intersection of AI, genetics, big data, autonomous systems, blockchain, healthcare, VR, and deep learning. He is passionate about interdisciplinary innovation.