{"id":90245,"date":"2026-02-27T13:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=90245"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:24:43","slug":"vikko-sat-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vikko-sat-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikko Sat-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Vikko Sat-1 Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an impressive display of scientific skill, 13 students from the Class XI batch of Ariyakudi Government Higher Secondary School in Tamil Nadu\u2019s Sivagangai district have successfully launched a 600 gram mini satellite named Vikko Sat-1.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Vikko Sat-1<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>600-gram mini <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/types-of-satellite\/\" target=\"_blank\">satellite<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>developed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by a group of <\/span><b>students from the Class XI <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">batch of<\/span><b> Ariyakudi Government Higher Secondary School in Tamil Nadu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s Sivagangai district.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was specifically designed to<\/span><b> detect fungal spores in the stratosphere<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using five <\/span><b>specialised sensors.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These <\/span><b>biological particles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> play a <\/span><b>crucial role in agricultural health<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>environmental cycles,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and their <\/span><b>presence in the upper atmosphere can impact crops if they descend.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By <\/span><b>sending <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a compact device into the stratosphere <\/span><b>via a helium balloon,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the students aimed to <\/span><b>collect real-time data<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is often difficult to obtain through ground-based observations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The students developed the mini satellite themselves over a period of six months, equipping it with <\/span><b>specialised adhesive surfaces to capture the samples.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mini satellite <\/span><b>ascended to a height of 22 km<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, entering the <\/span><b>stratosphere<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is the second layer of the atmosphere.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this altitude, the <\/span><b>onboard sensors worked to identify how fungal spores behave <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in thinner air and lower temperatures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> payload was recovered intact after its descent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ensuring the<\/span><b> air samples remained safe for analysis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the school&#8217;s control room.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/science\/story\/mini-satellite-sivagangai-government-school-students-class-xi-mini-satellite-vikko-sat-launch-2874482-2026-02-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>IT<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vikko Sat-1 is a 600-gram mini satellite developed by a group of students from the Class XI batch of Ariyakudi Government Higher Secondary School in Tamil Nadu\u2019s Sivagangai district. 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