A group of school students from Hyderabad has achieved a rare engineering milestone. Their CubeSat payload, SBB-1, will launch on ISRO’s PSLV-C62 mission on January 12 from Sriharikota. The project showcases advanced space engineering at the school level.

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• School students build flight-ready CubeSat payload SBB-1
• Launch scheduled January 12 at 10:17 am
• Payload to fly aboard ISRO’s PSLV-C62 mission
• Developed by 17 students aged 12 to 15
• Students from Blue Blocks Montessori School, Hyderabad
• Hardware designed and assembled from scratch
• Firmware developed for real-time telemetry
• Sensors integrated to study thermal behaviour in space
• Minimal adult intervention to ensure autonomy
• Project draws international attention and recognition