Mumbai startup first Indian pvt firm to have satellite in space

Mumbai startup first Indian pvt firm to have satellite in space

News:

US space agency SpaceX launched India’s first privately built satellite.

Facts:

  • SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket placed Exseed Sat-1 along with 63 other satellites from 17 countries in orbit.
  • Mumbai-based Exseed Space has become the first private commercial organisation in India to have a satellite in space.
  • It is a mini communication satellite with an objective to serve Radio community in India and helps the country in time of disaster.
  • Indian Space Kidz’s KalamSat-1 is the tiniest satellite launched by NASA on June 22, 2017.

Additional Info:

  • About Falcon 9

o   The Falcon Heavy is the most powerful cargo-lifting rocket developed by private spaceflight company SpaceX of U.S

o   It is a two-stage rocket powered by liquid oxygen and rocket grade kerosene to transport satellites to low Earth orbit and geosynchronous transfer orbit.

o   Falcon 9 is the first orbital class rocket capable of reflight/reuse.

o   Falcon Heavy was designed to carry humans into space and restores the possibility of flying missions with crew to the Moon or Mars.

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