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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 form...

                            Former President APJ Abdul Kalam, a popular President between 2002 and 2007, passed away on Monday after he collapsed during a lecture in Shillong. Kalam (84) took ill at a function in Shillong and was rushed to the hospital, M Kharkrang, SP Khasi Hills.                                 The former President collapsed during a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong at around 6.30 pm and was taken to the hospital. TV reports earlier said that Kalam suffered a massive cardiac arrest at the function at IIM Shillong. Dr.Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an Indian scientist who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace engineering. He spent the next...