India to launch satellite built by 750 schoolgirls - in pictures

Srimathy Kesan, founder and chief executive of Space Kidz India, came up with the AazdiSat project to encourage girls to choose space research as a career. Photo: Srimathy Kesan
Srimathy Kesan, founder and chief executive of Space Kidz India, came up with the AazdiSat project to encourage girls to choose space research as a career. Photo: Srimathy Kesan
Each team of girls was given a kit to create the payload – a sensing device to collect and send data back to Earth. Photo: Srimathy Kesan
Each team of girls was given a kit to create the payload – a sensing device to collect and send data back to Earth. Photo: Srimathy Kesan
Pupils work on the AzadiSat project at a school in Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu state, in southern India. Photo: Srimathy Kesan
Pupils work on the AzadiSat project at a school in Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu state, in southern India. Photo: Srimathy Kesan
Students check the payload connectors for the satellite project. Photo: Srimathy Kesan
Students check the payload connectors for the satellite project. Photo: Srimathy Kesan
A 2019 Indian Space Research Organisation launch sending 10 satellites into orbit. AFP
A 2019 Indian Space Research Organisation launch sending 10 satellites into orbit. AFP
Spectators watch the 2019 ISRO satellite launch. AFP
Spectators watch the 2019 ISRO satellite launch. AFP