The satellite design and launch project by government school students has been named after the late Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar. The Puneeth Rajkumar Student Satellite Project will be launched by September 2022.
C.N. Ashwath Narayan, Minister for Science and Technology, made the announcement on Monday while presiding over a function at the Government Pre-University College in Malleswaram on the occasion of National Science Day and the inauguration of the Karnataka Government School Students’ Satellite Project (KGS3Sat) .
An MoU was inked between the Karnataka Science and Technology Promotion Society (KSTePS) and the Indian Technological Congress Association (ITCA) with regard to implementation of the project. This is one of the 75 satellites to be launched in the country to celebrate 75 years of Independence.
