Kalam SAT is to be the world’s lightest space probe named after former Indian president Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, it will be launched by NASA on 21 June, 2017 from Wallops Island.
The probe was built by Rifath Sharook, an 18 year old student from Pallapatti, Tamil Nadu, India, This Probe is the lightest working satellite despite not possessing a professional satellite designing degree.
The weight of the probe is just 64 grams and it is fitted in a 4 centimeters cube.
The probe is composed of 3-D printed reinforced carbon fibre polymer.
The probe will be launched by a sub-orbital spaceflight.
The 18-year-old has designed the light weight satellite which will have a 240-minute mission in space, all thanks to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The tiny probe will be operated only for 12 minutes to demonstrate the performance of 3-D printed carbon fibre in a micro-gravity environment of space.It will have a new kind of on-board computer and eight indigenous built-in sensors to measure acceleration, rotation and the magnetosphere of the Earth .
The probe was built by Rifath Sharook, an 18 year old student from Pallapatti, Tamil Nadu, India, This Probe is the lightest working satellite despite not possessing a professional satellite designing degree.
The weight of the probe is just 64 grams and it is fitted in a 4 centimeters cube.
The probe is composed of 3-D printed reinforced carbon fibre polymer.
The probe will be launched by a sub-orbital spaceflight.
The 18-year-old has designed the light weight satellite which will have a 240-minute mission in space, all thanks to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The tiny probe will be operated only for 12 minutes to demonstrate the performance of 3-D printed carbon fibre in a micro-gravity environment of space.It will have a new kind of on-board computer and eight indigenous built-in sensors to measure acceleration, rotation and the magnetosphere of the Earth .
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