JITsat (UNITYsat)

JITsat was one of three tiny UNITYsat CubeSats launched on PSLV-C51 in February 2021. It was built by Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Sriperumbudur.

Re-entered Earth's atmosphere on 4 June 2023, according to the public satellite catalogue.

What it is

The three UNITYsats were designed and built as a joint development by three Indian engineering colleges: Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Sriperumbudur (JITsat); G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur (GHRCEsat); and Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore (Sri Shakthi Sat).

Gunter's Space Page describes each one as a 0.25U CubeSat. That is a quarter of a standard 1U cube, so four of them fit in the space of one 1U unit.

Launch

It flew on PSLV-C51 from Sriharikota on 28 February 2021. That flight was the first dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), with Brazil's Amazonia-1 as the main satellite and 18 co-passengers. The UNITYsats were three of the four co-passengers that came through IN-SPACe; the fourth was Space Kidz India's Satish Dhawan Sat.

Fate

JITsat (UNITYsat) re-entered Earth's atmosphere on 4 June 2023, according to the public satellite catalogue.

Sources

  1. UNITYSAT JITSAT — satellite catalogue record (NORAD 47716) — CelesTrak
  2. PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 Mission — ISRO
  3. UNITYsat 1, 2, 3 (JITSat, GHRCEsat, Sri Shakthi Sat) — Gunter's Space Page — Gunter's Space Page (space.skyrocket.de)