Dr K Sivan, Secretary, DOS/Chairman, ISRO inaugurated today the Ground stations established for UNITYsat, the combination of ‘3 Satellites’ designed and built as a Joint Development by Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Sriperumpudur (JITsat), G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur (GHRCEsat) and Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore (Sri Shakthi Sat).

The ground stations located at Chennai, Nagpur and Coimbatore will be a network for monitoring the UNITYsat in orbit which will be launched by PSLV C51.