Seventh Radiosonde Successfully Launched at Central University of Jammu

Jammu, 29 November 2024: The Seventh Radiosonde was successfully launched under The MOU between National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC, ISRO) and Central University of Jammu on the November 28th,2024 from the Satish Dhawan Centre for Space Science, CUJ under the mentorship of HVC Prof. Sanjeev Jain Sir. Prof. Vinay Kumar, Convener Satish Dhawan Centre for Space Science 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 indigenously 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, Dr. Pravesh Pal, Faculty Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, CUJ along with his team Mehak Mahajan (STA,CIF) Ayesha, Bandhna, Amrit, Bineesh, Prashant, Sanatan, Sonam, Premeeka, Yashwant, Pratyush, Hridayesh, Vaibhav, Chinoy, Haryansh and the team.

The data collected from Radiosonde will contribute in the field of atmospheric and Space research.