The nanosatellite Jugnu weighing 3 kg is designed and developed by Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur under the guidance of ISRO.

The satellite is intended:

1. To prove the indigenously developed camera system for imaging the Earth in the near infrared region and test image processing algorithms.
2. Evaluate GPS receiver for its use in satellite navigation.
3. Test indigenously developed MEMS based Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) in space.