KalamSat : NASA Launches World's Smallest Satellite Developed By 18-yr Old Student from TN
The satellite is named after former President and nuclear scientist Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and is called 'KalamSat'. It was flown into space in a NASA rocket.  |
| 'KalamSat'. Photo: Twitter |
This is the first time that an Indian student's experiment has been carried out by NASA.
The satellite is named after former President and nuclear scientist Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and is called 'KalamSat'. It was flown into space in a NASA rocket.
It was developed by a class 12 student from Tamil Nadu’s Pallapatti town.
Weighing just 64 grams, the satellite was designed by 18-year-old Rifath Sharook along with six other teammates.
The satellite, which is lighter than a smartphone and made of reinforced carbon fibre polymer, operated for 12 minutes in a micro-gravity environment of space after its flight.
“The main role of the satellite will be to demonstrate the performance of 3D-printed carbon fibre”, Sharook, was quoted as saying by ANI.
“It’s a 3-D printed satellite. It is for the first time that 3-D printing technology is being used in space. We have made history. The world’s smallest satellite has been launched in space. It was not possible without my team,” Sharook told ANI.
Source: Business-Standard
