ISRO organises Indian Space Hackathon for students; Know all about it

According to ISRO, teams of 3-4 Indian students from undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programmes are invited to participate in the hackathon, which involves a rigorous two-tier screening process.

What is the selection process?

“Initially, 100 teams will be shortlisted based on the relevance of their idea and problem statements. From these, an expert committee will select 30 teams for the Grand Finale,” the Indian space agency said in a statement.

When is the closing ceremony scheduled?

The Grand Finale, a 30-hour marathon event, will be held at the NRSC Outreach Facility at Jeedimetla, Hyderabad, starting at 10:00 am IST on August 13, 2024.

How to participate?

The hackathon event is managed through a dedicated web portal. Proposals can be submitted through the portal till July 26, 2024. The list of teams advancing to the Grand Finale will be announced on August 2, 2024.

Aditya L1 Mission Updates

India’s first solar mission Aditya-L1 spacecraft completed its first halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L1 point on July 2, ISRO said in a statement. The Aditya-L1 mission is an Indian solar observatory at Lagrangian point L1, which was launched on September 2 last year and placed in its targeted halo orbit on January 6. The Aditya-L1 spacecraft in the halo orbit takes 178 days to complete one revolution around the L1 point. During its journey in the halo orbit, the spacecraft will be subjected to various perturbing forces that will take it away from the targeted orbit, ISRO said.

(With inputs from ANI)

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Published: July 04, 2024, 02:13 PM IST