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Home / News / India News / ISRO successfully launches smallest student satellite #Kalamsat, #MicrosatR from Sriharikota
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ISRO successfully launches smallest student satellite #Kalamsat, #MicrosatR from Sriharikota

ISRO successfully launches smallest student satellite #Kalamsat, #MicrosatR from Sriharikota
Written by Ramya Patelkhana
Jan 25, 2019, 02:25 am 2 min read
ISRO successfully launches smallest student satellite #Kalamsat, #MicrosatR from Sriharikota

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched Kalamsat, a satellite built by students, and imaging satellite Microsat-R on board the PSLV-C44 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The 44-meter-tall PSLV-C44 lifted off from the First Launch Pad of the space center at 11:37 pm on Thursday. This is the first mission for ISRO in 2019. Here's more on it.

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PSLV-C44 carrying Kalamsat and Microsat-R

Andhra Pradesh: #ISRO launches #PSLVC44 mission, carrying #Kalamsat and #MicrosatR from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. pic.twitter.com/yBI7xlKARK

— ANI (@ANI) January 24, 2019
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Microsat-R weights 740kgs while Kalamsat weights just 1.2kgs

The main passenger in ISRO's latest PSLV launch is the 740kg military imaging satellite, Microsat-R, meant for defense research. It will be used for taking high-resolution images of Earth. On the other hand, the four-stage PSLV-C44 also carried the 1.2kg Kalamsat, a student payload named after former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam; it is India's smallest and lightest satellite with a two-month lifespan.

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A little about the Kalamsat satellite

ISRO launched Kalamsat, a 10-cm cube-sized communication satellite, for free. The nanosatellite was designed and built at a cost of Rs. 12 lakh by some students working with Chennai-based Space Kidz India. The students were led by 18-year-old Rifath Sharook of Tamil Nadu's Pallaptti. Kalamsat, the first satellite to use PSLV-C44's fourth stage (PS4) as an orbital platform, is also the first-ever 3D-printed satellite.

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ISRO open to all students of India: Chairman K Sivan

🇮🇳 #ISROMissions 🇮🇳

ISRO is open to all students of India. Bring to us your satellites and we will launch it for you. Let's make India into a science-fairing nation. Dr K Sivan #PSLVC44#MicrosatR#Kalamsat#SamwadwithStudents #SwS pic.twitter.com/plfKbNE7U0

— ISRO (@isro) January 24, 2019
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First flight of PSLV with two strap-on motors

This mission also marks another first for ISRO. It is the first flight of the PSLV-DL (dual strap-ons), the modified PSLV with only two strap-on motors instead of the usual six strap-on motors; it is called the DL mode.

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Ramya Patelkhana is a senior editor at NewsBytes. She has nearly seven years of experience in digital journalism and has previously worked with India News and Authint Media. She has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala, and an advanced diploma in Media Studies from IPW, New Delhi.
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