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'Lightest satellite' Kalamsat V2 launched into orbit
January 27 , 2019
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- ISRO has launched the Kalamsat-V2 from Sriharikota space centre using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) – a four-stage rocket.
- The satellite is named after former president and Indian scientist Dr Abdul Kalam.
- It is the lightest satellite to be ever built and launched into orbit and it is also ISRO’s first launch of a satellite built by a private firm.
- It is a communications satellite for ham radio transmission, a form of wireless communication used by amateurs for non-commercial activities.
- The satellite is being built by students belonging to Space Kidz India, a Chennai-based space education firm.
- The satellite cost 1.2m Indian rupees and was built during the span of six days.
- ISRO has made an attempt to recover the dead rocket stage in this launch by converting 4th stage into an experimental orbital platform to conduct small experiments in space.
