JAMMU: The Fifth Radiosonde was successfully launched under The MOU between National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC, ISRO) and Central University of Jammu on the Oct. 14th, 2024 from the Satish Dhawan Centre for Space Science, CUJ under the mentorship of Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Prof. Sanjeev Jain.
Prof. Vinay Kumar, Convener Satish Dhawan Centre for Space Science and Prof. Rakesh Kumar Jha, HOD, Electronics and Communication Engineering along with his dedicated Faculty, Students, Scholars and Staff successfully culminated the launch.
The Weather Balloon along with the Radiosonde will record the study of the atmospheric profiles of the humidity, pressure, Temperature, wind speed and direction. This will contribute to the meteorological research related to the Climate change and atmospheric conditions.
This Radiosonde Ground Station is an indigenous development in the Semi conductor Laboratory, Mohali, a make in India product under the Director General Dr. Kamaljeet Singh and Mr. Nemi Chand. The launch is under the project with National Remote Sensing Centre in collaboration with Dr. Hareef Baba, NRSC.
The event was coordinated by Dr. Sanjeev Yadav, Associate Professor and Dr. Pravesh Pal, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, CUJ along with his team Mehak Mahajan, Amrit, Bineesh, Prashant, Santan, Vaibhav, Aaryan and the team of First Year students of Electronics and Communication Engineering. The data collected from Radiosonde will contribute in the field of atmospheric and Space research.
