The first signals from INSPIRESat-1, the student satellite launched aboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C-52 (PSLV C-52/EOS-04) mission on Monday, indicate that the satellite is 'healthy' and in orbit as planned, officials of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) here said.
The first set of signals were received at the Laboratory of Atmospheric Science and Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder, US, shortly after 7 a.m. followed by the ground station at IIST half an hour later, indicating that the solar panels and antenna were successfully deployed. IIST also successfully communicated with the satellite on Monday evening.
