KalamSat ,named after India's former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is the world's lightest satellite!!

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Here are the top facts you need to know about this satellite :
  • The satellite is named after India's former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.
  • KalamSat is 3.8 cm, cube-shaped, and weighs approximately around 64 grams.
  • It is a 3D printed satellite made using reinforced carbon fiber polymer, which becomes the pioneering 3D printed technology sent to space on a total of 240-minute mission.
  • This launch was carried out under the supervision of the founder and CEO of Space Kids India -- Dr Srimathy Kesan.
  • KalamSat was separated from the rocket 125 minutes post its launch.
  • The launch was previously scheduled on June 21, 2017, but it got postponed to June 22 at around 3pm (IST) due to in unfavourable weather conditions.
  • KalamSat fell into the sea It will be recovered by NASA and sent back to the team for retrieving the collected data.
Breif Summary about it.

Kalam SAT is a Femto Satellite and widely-claimed to be the world's lightest satellite, named after former Indian president Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam built by an Indian High school student team, lead by 18-year-old Rifath Sharook, hailing from the Tamil Nadu town of Pallapatti for participation in the Cubes in Space, a STEM-based education program by Idoodle Learning.Inc and NASA, with an objective to teach school students (ages 11-18) how to design and compete to launch an experiment into space with a free opportunity to design experiments to be launched into space on a NASA rocket or balloon if their project is selected. Kalam SAT was launched by NASA along with several other experiments from other participants on Terrier-Improved Orion Rocket on 22 June 2017 from Wallops Island.

Although Kalam SAT has been reported to be the world’s lightest satellite, the term 'lightest' probably applies.

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