It is world's lightest satellite, made by Indian students, 2018; GSAT-7A: It is India’s 35 th satellite built to provide communication capability to the users in Ku-band over the Indian region. ISRO launches student-made satellite Kalamsat named after Abdul Kalam The launch took place from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. ISRO will launch a student satellite called ‘Kalamsat’ along with an imaging satellite known as ‘Microsat-R.’ It will launch the two satellites on January 24, 2019, marking the first launch of the ISRO in 2019. ISRO (@isro) January 16, 2019. The satellite was successfully placed in its intended sun-synchronous polar orbit of 748 km height by PSLV-C45 on April 01, 2019. The military satellite is onboard its Polar rocket PSLV-C44. Microsat-R was launched from the spaceport in Sriharikota on Thursday (January 24). Kalamsat is a payload developed by students and Chennai based Space Kidz India for the first time.The satellites were launched in the first mission for the Isro in 2019.The Kalamsat-V2 is the lightest satellite in the world. Indian space agency Indian Space Research Organisation's (Isro) successfully launched Microsat-R. Student Satellite (STUDSAT) is the first pico-satellite developed in the country by a consortium of seven engineering colleges from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The satellite is intended for electromagnetic spectrum measurement. The Indian Space Research Organisation on 16 January said its workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will launch the Kalamsat payload and Microsat-R satellite from Sriharikota on 24 January. ISRO ISRO's first mission in 2019 to put military satellite Microsat-R and student payload Kalamsat in space. Press Trust of India Jan 19, 2019 17:51:10 IST. 2) 50 foreign satellites from 07 countries were launched on commercial basis during this period. The Indian Space Research Organisation on Thursday night undertook its first mission of 2019, successfully launching military imaging satellite Microsat-R and Kalamsat, a satellite built by students. Srimathy Kesan, Founder CEO of Space Kidz India, told IANS that her dream of putting a satellite built by students will become a reality tomorrow night with the launch of Kalamsat. 1)ISRO has successfully accomplished 13 missions including 06 launch vehicle missions and 07 satellite missions during the year 2019. 3) PSLV-C44 successfully launched Microsat-R and Kalamsat-V2 on January 24, 2019 from Sriharikota. The satellite is intended for electromagnetic spectrum measurement. The articles combines the list of important satellites launched by ISRO from year 1975 to 2019. ISRO launched the Microsat-R, an imaging satellite for the military, and the experimental Kalamsat for studying communication systems of nano satellites. Sriharikota (AP): India successfully launched Microsat-R, a military satellite on board its Polar rocket PSLV C44, from the spaceport here on Thursday, in the first mission for the ISRO in 2019. THE LAUNCH Microsat-R, an imaging satellite, is meant for military purposes, but the ISRO did not give any details about it. PSLV is a four stage launch vehicle with alternating solid and liquid stages. ISRO readies to open its space programme account for 2019 with KalamSat, a small communication satellite developed by students from Space Kidz India. india Updated: Jan 25, 2019 07:39 IST The satellites will be carried onboard Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-44 from the spaceport of Sriharikota on Thursday night. The satellites were launched in the first mission for the Isro in 2019. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C44) will lift off the satellites from the spaceport Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The PSLV launch by ISRO will take place 90 km off Chennai -- from the first launchpad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota. In 1st mission of 2019, ISRO launches military satellite. GSAT-11 Mission (5854 kg) It is the heaviest satellite built by ISRO.