How we made a world record?
Currently there are many world records in the field of science and technology accomplished by various extra ordinary people. But for the first time in history, your favourite team Spacexplore has set a world record of launching 100 Femto satellites in a single high altitude scientific helium balloon.
But of course, things aren't as easy as they look. Read the post till the end as we unfold the secrets of this world record.
First let me brief you about the mission. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam International Foundation, House of Kalam and Space Zone India Jointly Organized "Dr.APJAdbul Kalam Space Research Payload Cubes Challenge - 2021" which was a world record event of launching 100 Femto satellites in a single high altitude scientific helium balloon. And these satellites weren't made and assembled by any scientist but by 1000 students all across India.
This Mission was to Ignite Young Minds to work on Science, Technology. Engineering and Mathematics applying their knowledge and skills which seamlessly combined to apply in the design and development of Femto Satellite. And guess what? Out of the 1000 students We were a part of this world record event.
This was not the first time someone was launching a femtosatellite. In fact , NASA had launched first of them in 2019 itself. But 100 at a time was the fact that made this launch a world record.
The mission had a objective of Designing and constructing 100 Research Experiment cubes that contained different payloads. The Total mass of the 100 research experiment cubes were 5000 g approximately with each payload or each satellite weighing about less than 50grams.
These 100 payloads included different sensors, fibers, and seeds for investigation of data. The list of all 100 payloads and it's uses are given in the description.
Each satellite cube had a dimension of 4 into 4 into 4 centimetres and were coded using telemetry and c language to transmit all the sensor data.
These payloads are going be launched with the help of scientific helium balloon which will burst at the height of 35 to 38 kms in the sky and all the satellites and their data will be safely retrieved with the help of dome type parachutes for study.
We were trained online about this mission and we assembled these satellites in Pune. The launch event is going to take place on 7 th of February 2021. We will be making another video about the launch, the data retrieved and more about the mission shortly after the launch event. So stay tuned.
We thank a lot to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam International Foundation, House of Kalam and Space Zone India for making this possible and for giving young space enthusiasts like us to be a part of this world record event.
Also readers if you enjoyed this post, I am sure you will love the video embedded above. Do watch it.
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I thought it would be better not to delete or revamp these posts, even if they suck. The bitter truth is that old works always suck, but I take that as a positive tool to convey that I am growing. Besides there's no better way to showcase my journey without these old, messy, poorly written posts!
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