Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Satellite Launch Vehicle Mission 2023.
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Satellite Launch Vehicle Mission 2023.
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam International Foundation, House of Kalam – Rameshwaram, in association with Space Zone India – Chennai and Martin Charitable Trust, proudly presents the milestone project titled “Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Satellite Launch Vehicle Mission 2023”.
This mission will integrate 5000 students from colleges and schools (from Grades VI to XII) across the country to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and to enable them to design and develop 150 PICO Satellites.
These 150 PICO satellites will be launched through a sounding Rocket on 19th February 2023 from the Pattipulam village of Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, and India.
This project is a successor to our prestigious project titled “Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Space Research Payload Cubes Challenge 2021”, which was jointly and successfully executed by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam International Foundation, House of Kalam – Rameshwaram, in association with Space Zone India – Chennai and Martin Charitable Trust.
This program involved 1347 students from schools (6th to 12th grades), Engineering colleges, Science & Humanities domains, and they were given training through virtual classes and hands-on training for designing and developing 100 Femto satellites. These 100 Femto satellites were launched through a single high-altitude scientific balloon from Rameshwaram on 7th February 2021.
The mission was lauded by the Honourable Prime Minister, Shri. Narendra Modi. The success of the mission was recognized as a World Record event by Guinness World Records, World Book of Records, Asia Book of Records, Indian Book of Records, and Assist World Records.
The success of the mission echoed everywhere in the Indian media, social media, and even in Times Square, New York, bringing laurels to the Indian Students’ community.