Project Apeiro launched successfully in India

 Venture Apeiro propelled effectively 

Hyderabad: Project Apeiro, India's first understudy drove miniaturized scale satellite, was propelled from TIFR Balloon Facility, ECIL 

This is an examination drove by college understudies from BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus. The investigation is gone for recognizing and estimating astronomical radiation in stratosphere. 


This investigation is critical to comprehend the naturally hurtful grandiose radiation occurrence on earth from space. Stretched out introduction to this radiation prompts an expanded hazard in disease and tissue harm. Thus, a careful comprehension of this radiation is fundamental to create prescient and preventive components against their effect. 

The investigation has been led utilizing the system of high elevation expanding. This strategy permits contemplates in the close space condition with the assistance of a zero-weight plastic inflatable which lifts the exploratory payload to wanted elevation. The exploratory payload comprised of an inestimable radiation locator made with a mix of scintillator and photomultiplier tubes. 

This locator framework was upheld by an on-board high and low voltage control supply frameworks alongside information obtaining frameworks. The advancement of the identifier framework was finished at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai. 

The flight for this payload was led from the TIFR Balloon Facility in Hyderabad, which is among a not very many establishments from around the globe fit for supporting such sort of a flight. 

The inflatable and all other flight hardware required for the flight of the Project Apeiro payload were totally created at this office. The payload was propelled at 2.12 am on February 2 and accomplished a first buoy elevation at 24.8 km. The second buoy height was accomplished at 26.7 km. The flight was ended at 5.17 am around the same time. 

All flight control and investigation gear were recouped effectively with no harm. This flight has set history by effectively finishing the nation's initially close space test totally created by understudies. 

The understudy group comprising Sanket Deshpande, Lucky Kapoor, Shivangi Kamat, Vibhav Joshi and Pankaj Tiple From BITS Pilani K Birla Goa Campus, which was driven by the Project Mentor Dr B Satyanarayana, Scientific Officer (H), TIFR Mumbai. 

They expressed gratitude toward Prof Devendra Ojha, Chairperson and Suneel Kumar, Scientist-in-Charge alongside all office staff of TIFR Balloon office and Srihari Menon, University of Pennsylvania, USA.