The name of the first student satellite launched by ISRO is STUDSAT (STUDent SATellite) . It is a CubeSat satellite designed by undergraduate students across India. The project was conceptualized and project managed by a group of four students from different engineering colleges of Hyderabad and Bangalore who attended the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 2007, Hyderabad, India after meeting Mr. D. V. A. Raghavamurthy (project director, Small Satellites, ISRO Satellite Centre) at the congress. From then the team expanded slowly, ultimately completing the conceptual design. The satellite was launched on July 12, 2010, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre into a Sun-synchronous orbit.