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Detailed explanation-1: -Named as Kalamsat, after former President APJ Abdul Kalam, the tiny satellite weighs around 64 grams. India, on Thursday, created history after NASA launched the world’s smallest satellite, built by 18-year old Tamil Nadu student Rifath Sharook and his team.

Detailed explanation-2: -SSLV-D2 lifted off from the first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre-SHAR, Sriharikota at 9:18 a.m. This is the first satellite launch in 2023. “The SSLV-D2-EOS-07 mission is successfully accomplished, ” ISRO mentioned on its Twitter handle, a few minutes after the vehicle took off.

Detailed explanation-3: -ISRO has successfully launched India’s small satellite launch vehicle, SSVL-D2 into space.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kalamsat-V2 was made by students belonging to Space Kidz India, a Chennai-based space education firm. Srimathy Kesan, chief executive of Space Kidz India, told Indian broadcaster NDTV that the satellite took just six days to make, at a cost of 1.2m Indian rupees ($16, 887).

Detailed explanation-5: -Onkar Batra, a 12th-standard student from Jammu launched his nano-satellite this month with the help of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Batra, a student at BSF Senior Secondary School Jammu has developed India’s first open-source satellite ‘InQube’.