Indian student project plans to launch earthquake predicting satellite by 2015

Despite progress on earthquake early-warning systems, it's hard to measure earthquakes before they begin. But a satellite project in Chennai may soon help predict quakes from below the Van Allen belt. It is perhaps the ultimate student project: to build a satellite and launch it, to test a theory, and potentially help predict devastating earthquakes by studying radiation belts. And it is exactly what 30 students from a range of engineering disciplines in Chennai are working towards. More

(Source: Deutsche Welle - Oct 1)