750 Indian girls failed at school experiments; their satellite now orbits Earth

The experiments prepared by 750 schoolgirls from India failed on their first try in 2022. But later, it transformed into a space education activity that has a satellite made by them orbiting the planet near the ISS. The information was released by ISRO, the Indian government's space agency.Under the AzaadiSAT project, 75 schools across the country were brought together with 750 students, including participants from rural areas, with guidance from Space Kidz India. Unlike most space-based projects where kids create models and learning is limited within the walls of a classroom, the components made by the students were installed in a real satellite, subjected to the vibrations of the launch and prepared to send information from space.First attempt that failedOn August 7, 2022, the inaugural flight of the SSLV rocket departed from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.