MUMBAI: IIT Bombay 's first student satellite, Pratham , will be launched on September 26 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre Sriharikota . The nearly-10kg Pratham, which is also Mumbai's first satellite, will launch aboard the highly-proven Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) at 9.30 am.Pratham's main role will be to measure what is known as the total electron count in the ionosphere. Wishing the IIT students the best, ISRO Satellite Centre director Mylswamy Annadurai said in a Facebook post: "Today 11 Sep is a special day in many ways for many people. Today In ISRO satellite centre, it is flagging off a vehicle carrying two student satellites PRADHAM(IIT-B) & PISAT(PESIT). "Pratham and six other satellites will piggyback on PSLV along with the main Isro weather satellite, ScatSat.

Source: Times of India September 14, 2016 19:06 UTC