Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (KM/SM) - pics - Dayanand Kukkaje
 
Mangalore, Oct 6: Space-week celebration was held to commemorate the golden jubilee celebration of Sputnik 1 at Xavier Auditorium, St Aloysius College on Saturday October 6.

Sputnik 1 is the first artificial satellite to be put into geo-centric orbit, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957.

The lecture was organized by department of Physics, St Aloysius College in association with Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Association of Physics teachers, Mangalore University.
 
The week is also celebrated to spread the awareness about the contribution of ISRO to the field of space. The event will also brief about the achievements of ISRO and its future plans, said Ryan Rodrigues, BSc final year student speaking to Daijiworld.
 
The event will definitely inspire students to take up studies to serve in the field of space. Thus preparing competent and dedicated graduates and post graduates to the field of space, informed Swami, a faculty member, department of Physics, St Aloysius College.
  
In the talk held at auditorium, Xavier block, M Aravind Kumar, geosat scientist at ISRO detailed about the various aspects and plans of ISRO that will benefit the citizens of India and thus will lead the country towards bright future.
 
The talk focused upon communication technology, remote sensing and Meteorological Space Science in connection with ISRO.
 
Various models of satellites developed in ISRO, SLV, ASLV,PSLV,GSLV,ISRO GSLV,CARTOSAT-2, KALPANA-1,INSAT-3 and other satellite models were on display. Self explanatory charts were displayed for the effective dissemination of information.