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PrithiviSat

PrithiviSat is an indigenous CubeSat mission under development at IARRD focused on environmental observation workflows, disaster awareness support concepts, and experimentation with AI-assisted onboard processing for compact satellite platforms.

Mission Architecture Development

Mission Capabilities

Planned sensing and processing workflows supporting applied CubeSat mission experimentation.

Environmental Monitoring

PrithiviSat is designed as a compact CubeSat platform supporting environmental observation workflows including atmospheric monitoring and land-surface awareness studies.

Disaster Awareness Support Concepts

Mission architecture includes planned sensing workflows supporting early-stage experimentation in disaster awareness assistance and rapid observation response concepts.

AI-Assisted Onboard Processing

PrithiviSat explores the integration of lightweight onboard decision-support algorithms for improving data prioritization and mission workflow efficiency.

Modular CubeSat Architecture

The platform is being structured as a scalable CubeSat architecture supporting future payload flexibility and mission adaptability.

Mission Overview

Satellite Class2U CubeSat (Proposed)
Mission TypeEnvironmental Observation Research Platform
Development StageMission Architecture Definition
Primary ObjectiveApplied Earth Observation Workflows
Processing ConceptAI-Assisted Data Prioritization (Concept Stage)
Launch StatusFuture Launch Opportunity Exploration

Mission Applications

PrithiviSat supports experimentation toward future indigenous environmental monitoring satellite capability.

  • Environmental monitoring research support
  • Disaster awareness observation workflows
  • Compact CubeSat subsystem development experience
  • AI-assisted onboard data handling experimentation
  • Future indigenous small-satellite platform capability development

Collaborate on PrithiviSat

Institutions and contributors interested in CubeSat subsystem development and applied Earth observation workflows are welcome to connect with IARRD.

Contact IARRD