Kalam SAT

Kalam SAT was an experimental student payload flown under Cubes in Space program by a STEM-based education program by Idoodle Learning.Inc and NASA.[1] It is named after former Indian president Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and was built by an Indian High school student team. As selected student competitors, the team won an opportunity to design experiments to be launched into space on a NASA rocket. Kalam SAT was launched on suborbital trajectory by NASA along with 59 other experiments on Terrier Orion sounding rocket on 22 June 2017 from Wallops Island flight facility in Virginia.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Each experiment weighed less than 64 grams and fitted in a 3.8 centimeters cube.[10]

Kalam SAT
Country of originIndia
OperatorNASA
Dimensions
Length3.8 centimeters
Production
Launched22 June 2017
Related spacecraft
Flown withTerrier Orion sounding rocket

The probe was built by seven Students from Space Kidz India, a company based in Chennai,[11] as a part of a ‘Cubes in Space’ competition.

See also

References
  1. "Cubes in Space". www.planetary.org. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. Laxman, Srinivas (15 May 2017). "18-year-old from Tamil Nadu designs world's lightest satellite". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  3. "World's Lightest Satellite invented by Indian teen Rifath Sharook to be launched by NASA on 21st June". Aishwarya Krishnan, india.com. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  4. "Tamil Nadu boy designs world's 'smallest' satellite for NASA". The Economic Times. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  5. "NASA to launch world's lightest satellite built by Chennai student on June 21". Daily News and Analysis. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  6. "World's Smallest Satellite Created for NASA by 18-Year-Old Indian Teen". Rachel Jacoby Zoldan, Teen Vogue. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  7. "Meet the Indian teen who has developed world's smallest satellite for Nasa". Business Standard. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  8. "KalamSat: Indian teen Rifath Sharook builds world's lightest and smallest satellite". Nupur Jha, International Business Times. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  9. "KalamSat - World's smallest satellite built by Indian teen to be launched by NASA on June 21". Zee News. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  10. "Cubes In Space". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 19 June 2020. CiS payload mass must be 64 grams +/- 2 grams. CiS-2016-130B Nailed it!
  11. "Space Kidz India launches 'Near Space Vehicle'". The Financial Express. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
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