A traditional satellite can weigh as much as few tonnes (G-SAT India’s heaviest weighted satellite of 6000 kg). But an invention which is truly a miracle known as Kalam-SAT which is named after Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam. With the launch of the Kalam-SAT, India has created a global space record. It was made in six days and its cost is around 12 lakhs. A 64-gram earlier version of the Kalamsat nicknamed "Gulab jamun" because of its puny size was launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 2017. But it never reached orbit.
Characteristic of Kalam-SAT
- Kalam-SAT, made using reinforced carbon fibre polymer.
- It is a Femto Satellite (The term "Femto satellite" or "femtosat" is usually applied to artificial satellites with a wet mass below 100 g).
Features of Kalam-SAT | |
Nation | India |
Type/Application | Technology |
Operator | ISRO |
Contractor | Space Kidz (Payload) |
Configuration | Payload on PSLV PS-4 |
Power | Batteries (stage); solar cells (payload) |
Mass | 1.26 kg (payload only) |
Orbit | 447 km × 451 km, 98.80° |
- Kalam-sat was launched in the vehicle PSLV-C44 with one other satellite named as Microsat-R.
About the Developer
- It is developed by Rifath Sharook(chief technical officer of space education company Space Kidz India and lead scientist for the KalamSat mission) an 18-year-old student from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
- He has made a not only India’s but world’s lightest satellite weighing only 64 g.
- Sharook is the first Indian student to have his experiment launched by NASA.
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