<p>Kalamsat-V2, world’s lightest satellite named after the country’s late President A P J Abdul Kalam and designed by students, was successfully launched on Thursday night by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) from its launch pad in Sriharikota, 100 km from here.</p>.<p>Weighing only 1.26 kg, the Kalamsat-V2 was designed by students of Chennai-based Space Kidz and is the ninth satellite made by students to have found place on space rockets. PSLV C-44 launched Kalamsat-V2 and imaging satellite Microsat-R at 11.37 pm and the mission was announced successful nearly 14 minutes later at 11.51 pm.</p>.<p>The launch came at end of a 28-hour countdown which began on Wednesday.</p>.<p>A smaller version of the satellite designed by the same group of students was launched by the US-based Nasa in 2017. However, this is the first time the satellite has been put into orbital flight — the earlier satellite was put in sub-orbital flight.</p>.<p>The student satellite has a lifespan of two months. The latest satellite was PSLV’s 46th flight and PSLV-C44 is the first mission of PSLV-DL, a new variant of the 44.4-metre-tall rocket equipped with two strap-on configurations.</p>.<p>"In this mission, the fourth stage (PS4) of PSLV-C44 will be moved to higher circular orbit so as to establish an orbital platform for carrying out experiments," the Isro said.</p>
<p>Kalamsat-V2, world’s lightest satellite named after the country’s late President A P J Abdul Kalam and designed by students, was successfully launched on Thursday night by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) from its launch pad in Sriharikota, 100 km from here.</p>.<p>Weighing only 1.26 kg, the Kalamsat-V2 was designed by students of Chennai-based Space Kidz and is the ninth satellite made by students to have found place on space rockets. PSLV C-44 launched Kalamsat-V2 and imaging satellite Microsat-R at 11.37 pm and the mission was announced successful nearly 14 minutes later at 11.51 pm.</p>.<p>The launch came at end of a 28-hour countdown which began on Wednesday.</p>.<p>A smaller version of the satellite designed by the same group of students was launched by the US-based Nasa in 2017. However, this is the first time the satellite has been put into orbital flight — the earlier satellite was put in sub-orbital flight.</p>.<p>The student satellite has a lifespan of two months. The latest satellite was PSLV’s 46th flight and PSLV-C44 is the first mission of PSLV-DL, a new variant of the 44.4-metre-tall rocket equipped with two strap-on configurations.</p>.<p>"In this mission, the fourth stage (PS4) of PSLV-C44 will be moved to higher circular orbit so as to establish an orbital platform for carrying out experiments," the Isro said.</p>
