ANANTSAT-2 NOMINAL · ORBIT 2,846 SYSTEMATIC INTELLIGENCE · BITS PILANI

Intelligence from orbit,
conviction from data.

Team Anant is a student satellite research and engineering team at BITS Pilani. We design, build, and operate the spacecraft ourselves. We write the ground processing algorithms. Every thesis here resolves against data our team collected from orbit — not news feeds, not third-party APIs. The satellite is real. The data is ours.

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SATELLITES IN PROGRAMME
412
KM CURRENT ANANTSAT-2 PERIGEE
15 min
MAX TELEMETRY LATENCY
247
ANALYSTS IN NETWORK
01 — Our Approach

The data comes from
satellites we built.

We built the satellite. We wrote the ground processing pipeline. Every thesis here resolves against data our team collected from orbit — at our cadence, over AOIs we defined, with methodology published before each thesis opens. The resolution is algorithmic. No editorial judgment. Just the physics of what ANANTSAT-2 actually measured.

01
Our own collection
ANANTSAT-2 collects imagery no public source has at our cadence and resolution over the Indian subcontinent. We operate the spacecraft, we process the data.
02
Deterministic resolution
Every thesis specifies the exact algorithm, threshold, and AOI before it opens. No human judgment at resolution. The satellite packet is the arbiter.
03
Immutable provenance
No editorial dispute process. The raw telemetry packet or calibrated image strip is the final record — immutable, on-orbit, cryptographically timestamped.
02 — Signal Modalities

Five signal modalities.
Zero third-party dependency.

OPTICAL
Visible + NIR + SWIR
Cloud fraction, NDVI, AOD, surface reflectance. Delivered per overpass, cloud-masked, atmospherically corrected.
SAR
C-band Coherence
Interferometric change detection at 6-day repeat cadence. Identifies sub-metre surface deformation and new construction.
THERMAL
LWIR Surface Temp.
Land surface and sea surface temperature via split-window algorithm. Calibrated against MODIS and NOAA OISST.
TELEMETRY
Onboard Housekeeping
Real-time EPS, ADCS, COMMS, and OBC packets downlinked at Pilani ground station. Published within 15 min of AOS.
MISSION
Milestone Events
Deployment sequences, subsystem qualification, and commissioning events settled by raw packet confirmation.
03 — Open Theses

Active convictions.

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OPTICAL Bay of Bengal cloud cover > 85% during pre-monsoon window (May 15–20)
71%
LONG
TELEMETRY ANANTSAT-2 maintains perigee ≥ 380 km through Q3 2026
83%
LONG
THERMAL Thar Desert LST exceeds 52 °C during May heat window
64%
LONG

Intelligence-grade data. Open to analysts.

Built by the same team that built the satellite. The data comes from spacecraft we designed and launched. The methodology is published. 10,000 AP in simulated capital. No real money.

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ANANTSAT-2 NOMINAL · 412.4 km

Systematic intelligence.
Satellite-derived.

Every thesis resolves against data from ANANTSAT-2 — a 3U hyperspectral imaging satellite designed and operated by Team Anant, BITS Pilani. We built the satellite. We wrote the algorithms. The resolution is deterministic, the data is ours.

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LIVE FEED
TOTAL VOLUME
2.09M AP
across 12 markets
ACTIVE MARKETS
12
9 with live data
SATELLITES
2
ANANTSAT-2 · ANANTSAT-3
ANALYSTS
247
registered traders

INTELLIGENCE

ANANTSAT-2 NOMINAL
ORBIT PROPAGATOR · ANANTSAT-2 · KEPLERIAN + J2 PROPAGATING
SPEED
GROUND TRACK
FUTURE TRACK
PILANI GS
COVERAGE
LATITUDE
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LONGITUDE
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ALTITUDE
420 km
VELOCITY
7.66 km/s
ORBIT #
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NEXT PILANI PASS
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ANANTSAT-2 · ORBITAL PARAMETERS
HOUSEKEEPING TELEMETRY · LAST PASS
GROUND STATION PASS SCHEDULE · TODAY UTC
SAT GS AOS LOS MAX EL STATUS

LEADERBOARD

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ABOUT ANANT MARKETS

WHY OUR DATA IS DIFFERENT

Every thesis here resolves against data produced by satellites Team Anant designed and built at BITS Pilani — not news, not APIs, not third-party sources. We publish the resolution methodology before each thesis opens and apply it algorithmically. The satellite is the ground truth.

DATA SOURCES
OPTICAL Visible / NIR / SWIR imagery from ANANTSAT-2 — cloud fraction, NDVI, reflectance, AOD.
SAR C-band synthetic aperture radar coherence — change detection, infrastructure monitoring.
THERMAL LWIR land surface & sea surface temperature — heat waves, UHI, ocean SST.
TELEMETRY Onboard housekeeping & RF link data — orbital mechanics, downlink performance.
MISSION Spacecraft mission milestones — deployment, subsystem qualification, commissioning.
HOW TO TRADE
01 · Get AP

10,000 Anant Points on signup. No real money. AP is the unit of account on this platform.

02 · Read the data

Each market card shows live satellite feed context. Use it before taking a position.

03 · LONG or SHORT

LONG = you believe the hypothesis resolves true. SHORT = false. Price is the implied probability.

04 · Collect

Correct positions pay 100¢ per share at resolution. The edge is understanding satellite data better than the market.

TEAM ANANT · BITS PILANI · MISSION HERITAGE

Three satellites. One team.

Team Anant is a student satellite research and engineering team at BITS Pilani. We design, build, and operate nanosatellites entirely in-house — from PCB fabrication to on-orbit operations. Every thesis on this platform uses data we collected ourselves.

MISSION 01 COMPLETED
ANANTSAT-1
1U CUBESAT · RELAY COMMUNICATIONS

Team Anant's first orbital mission. A 1U CubeSat demonstrating store-and-forward RF relay communications over Indian ground stations. Successfully completed all mission objectives and validated the team's end-to-end satellite development pipeline — from design to on-orbit operations.

1U FORM FACTOR UHF/VHF RELAY STORE & FORWARD MISSION COMPLETE
MISSION 02 IN ORBIT ORBIT 2,846
ANANTSAT-2
3U CUBESAT · HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING

Team Anant's second and current mission. A 3U hyperspectral imaging satellite operating at 412 km altitude, 51.64° inclination. Equipped with optical (visible, NIR, SWIR), thermal (LWIR), and SAR-compatible payload. The primary data source for all active theses on this platform — every prediction resolves against real passes from this spacecraft.

PERIGEE
412.4 km
INCLINATION
51.64°
PERIOD
92.8 min
EPS
NOMINAL
OPTICAL THERMAL SAR TELEMETRY
MISSION 03 INTEGRATION · LAUNCH NOV 2026
ANANTSAT-3
3U CUBESAT · NEXT GENERATION

Currently in integration at BITS Pilani. Planned launch November 2026. Expanded imaging coverage, improved pointing accuracy (ADCS ≤ 0.5° target), and additional payload capacity. Will generate new thesis markets upon commissioning — solar panel deployment and ADCS qualification markets are already open.

IN INTEGRATION LAUNCH NOV 2026 3U FORM FACTOR
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Team Anant · BITS Pilani, Rajasthan
Student satellite research and engineering team. Building and operating nanosatellites end-to-end since our first mission.
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