Kalamsat-v2

Launch data: Designation  43948 / 19006B Launch date  24 Jan 2019 - 18:07 UT Launch site  Sriharikota, FLP Launch vehicle  PSLV-DL Mission  Imaging, Technology Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  448 x 452 km Eccentricity   Inclination  98.7° Period   min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• Kalamsat v2 is a 10 cm cube satellite weighing 1200 grams. This satellite was launched from Satish Dhawan space centre, Sriharikota on 24th January 2019 at 23:37 hrs IST. It uses modified, new kind of electronic systems and buses which makes use of commercially off the shelf components to make the space exploration easier and economical. We will be testing the performances of these newly modified systems like OBC, eps, communication, and structure.
• Kalamsat V2 will be the first-ever satellite to use this ps4 as the orbital platform and do research. It will reduce the cost of space exploration and launch very much and also reduce the development of space debris.
• Kalamsat-v2 was a 1 kg cubesat attached to the PSLV-DL PS4 stage. The 0.064 kg femtosat version was Kalamsat-v1, launched on sounding rocket NASA 41.121UO in 2017.

Mission details:

• On Jan 24, 2019 ISRO carried out the first launch of the PSLV-DL, a lightweight variant of the PSLV-XL with only two strapon boosters. It placed a 740 kg military imaging satellite for DRDO, Microsat-R, in a 274 km orbit at 1820 UTC. Additional PS4 stage burns at 1901 and 1947 UTC placed the stage in a 450 km orbit.
• The PS4 has been modified to serve as a spacecraft bus for attached experiments; a 0.06 kg femtosat student payload from Space Kids India, Kalamsat-v2, is aboard to test the systems. The PSLV PS4 was expected to operate for 15 hours on its Li-ion batteries, although Kalamsat may have its own solar panels.

External links:

• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking