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Date(s) - 30/07/2025
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Department of Electrical Engineering, Sona College of Technology is proud to announce that our faculty team has developed and supplied the Simplex Permanent Magnet Stepper Motor for the landmark NASA–ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, successfully launched aboard GSLV F16 on July 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM IST from Sriharikota. The NISAR satellite, a joint Indo US Earth observation endeavour lifted off aboard India’s GSLV F16 rocket into a Sun synchronous polar orbit, commencing a mission to map the entire planet.
The stepper motor developed and supplied by Faculty of Electrical Engineering acts within the actuator assembly of the GSLV F16. Its mission is to enable precise regulation of liquid fuel and oxidizer mixture ratios, ensuring reliable engine performance during the ascent phase. This successful integration into the NISAR mission reaffirms that academic institution laboratories in India can rise to meet the rigorous demands of global space exploration.
