Kalam Sat

Kalam Sat - Femtosatellite - world's smallest satellite - 64 grams - estimates around 1 lakh - 3-D printed-carbon fiber.

Records

Kalam SAT is designated in the pages of Asia Book of Records, India Book of Records and Assist World Records, as holding the record title of "World's lightest and smallest satellite".

Specification of Kalam Sat

• KalamSat is 3.8 cm, cube-shaped, and weighs approximately around 64 grams.
• The satellite has been made of reinforced carbon fibre polymer.
• The satellite was operated for 12 minutes in a micro-gravity environment of space after its flight.
• Equipped with nano Geiger Muller counter, it is supposed to help measure the intensity of radiation in space.
• A temperature and humidity sensor, A barometer pressure sensor, which are all connected to an OBC using 12C interface.

Types of satellite

• Small satellites

Small satellite or sometimes Mini satellite, often refers to an artificial satellite with a wet mass (including fuel) between 100 and 500 kg, but in other usage has come to mean any satellite under 500 kg.

Small satellite examples include Demeter, Essaim, Parasol, Picard, MICROSCOPE, TARANIS, ELISA, SSOT, SMART-1, and Spirale-A and -B.

• Small satellite launch vehicle

Smallsats have traditionally been launched as secondary payloads on larger launch vehicles, there are a number of companies currently developing launch vehicles specifically targeted at the smallsat market.

• Microsatellites

"microsatellite" or "microsat" is usually applied to the name of an artificial satellite with a wet mass between 10 and 100 kg.However, this is not an official convention and sometimes those terms can refer to satellites larger than that, or smaller than that e.g., 1–50 kg. Example : Astrid-1 and Astrid-2

• Microsatellite launch vehicle

A number of commercial and military-contractor companies are currently developing micro-satellite launch vehicles to perform the increasingly targeted launch requirements of microsatellites.

• Nanosatellites

Nanosatellite" or "nanosat" is applied to an artificial satellite with a wet mass between 1 and 10 kg. Over 900 nanosatellites have been launched as of August 2018. Example : ExoCube (CP-10), ArduSat, SPROUT. Nanosatellite developers and manufacturers include GomSpace, NanoSpace, Spire, Surrey Satellite Technology, NovaWurks, Dauria Aerospace, Planet Labs and Reaktor.

• Nanosat market

From November 2013–January 2014 94 nanosats were launched. Applications such as exploring distant asteroids.

• Picosatellites

Picosatellite" or "picosat" (not to be confused with the PicoSAT series of microsatellites) is usually applied to artificial satellites with a wet mass between 0.1 and 1 kg, although it is sometimes used to refer to any satellite that is under 1 kg in launch mass. Launch opportunities are now available for $12,000 to $18,000 for sub-1 kg picosat payloads that are approximately the size of a soda can.

• Femtosatellites

The term "femtosatellite" or "femtosat" is usually applied to artificial satellites with a wet mass between 10 and 100 g. Like picosatellites, some designs require a larger "mother" satellite for communication with ground controllers.