NIUSAT [NIU]
Official name NIUSAT
Alternative name NIUSAT-Keralshree
Cospar ID 2017-036B
Norad ID 42766
Launch date 2017-06-23
Launch site SRI
Launch vehicle PSLV-XL
Country/Organization India
Type application Earth observation
Operator Noorul Islam University (NIU)
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date 2024-04-27
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 15
Height (m) 0.37
Width (m) 0.348
Depth (m) 0.348
Span (m^2) 0.37
Contractors Noorul Islam University (NIU)
Equipment Miniature Wide Field Sensor (MWiFS)
Propulsion None
Power 4 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries

NIUSAT is a Nano satellite designed and developed by Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education under Noorul Islam University with a Miniature Wide Field Sensor (MWiFS) for agriculture and disaster management support applications.

The 15 kg NIUSAT features a RGP camera with a ground resolution of 25 m and a frame size of 50 km × 50 km.

The imagery from the NIUSAT is used for identifying potential agricultural diseases of the crops around Kanya Kumari District and providing timely assistance to the Disaster Management Support (DMS) programme to address disasters due to flood, cyclone, drought, forest fire, landslide and earthquakes.

The NIUSAT satellite project is a Noorul Islam University program, involving students and staff of the university, making use of the state-of-the art proven technologies and modules.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
NIUSAT 2017-036B 2017-06-23 SRI PSLV-XL with Cartosat 2E, CE-SAT 1, Max Valier Sat, Venta 1, CICERO 6, Lemur-2 34, ..., 41, Blue Diamond, Green Diamond, Red Diamond, COMPASS 2, InflateSail, LituanicaSAT 2, URSA MAIOR, NUDTSat, Pegasus, UCLSat, VZLUsat 1, D-Sat, PACSCISAT, Aalto 1, ROBUSTA 1B, SUCHAI, skCUBE, IDEA