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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.
