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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 17 2017, @12:16AM   Printer-friendly

An Indian teenager has built what is thought could be the world's lightest satellite, which will be put into orbit at a Nasa[sic] facility in the US in June.

Rifath Shaarook's 64-gram (0.14 lb) device was selected as the winner in a competition co-sponsored by Nasa[sic]. The 18-year-old says its main purpose was to demonstrate the performance of 3-D printed carbon fibre.

Rifath told local media his invention will go on a four-hour mission for a sub-orbital flight. During that time, the lightweight satellite will operate for around 12 minutes in a micro-gravity environment of space.

"We designed it completely from scratch," he said. "It will have a new kind of on-board computer and eight indigenous built-in sensors to measure acceleration, rotation and the magnetosphere of the earth."

We need more competitions like this that encourage young people in science, and we need the media to make a bigger deal about it.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @08:28AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @08:28AM (#510969)

    Buggers!