NASA Is Now All Set To Launch World’s Lightest Satellite Built By A Chennai Student
Indians are excelling in every field, it has been barely a couple of months that India has sent a record-breaking 104 satellites into space. Now, here’s another achievement our country must be proud of.
It looks like India has already got its future Kalam, an Indian boy from Class 12 has developed what scientists call the lightest satellite in the world.
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This 18-year-old Rifath Sharook from Chennai, built the satellite as part of a contest Cubes in Space, organized by US space agency, NASA and idoodlelearning Inc, a global education company. The satellite, named Kalam SAT – after former India President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam that weights only 0.1 kg, and is lighter than a smartphone.
Sources claim that NASA will be launching this satellite into space on June 21. Sharook said that the satellite, which is made of reinforced carbon fiber polymer, will act as a technology demonstrator in its 12-minute flight and provide impetus to plan economical space missions in future ages.
This isn’t any new innovation of Sharook. In 2015, he launched a 1,200g helium weather balloon from a ground in Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu.