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This Republic Day, kids led an ambitious mission to unfurl India’s Flag in Space. This historic event was led by the kid space engineers of Kalam Labs – India’s Kids Space Organization Bollywood superstar, Hrithik Roshan supported the event and encouraged everyone to tune in live for the launch.
The Launch was done from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad. Designed and built-in house by kids of Kalam Labs, the satellite hoisted India’s National Flag at 118,000+ ft in space with our National Anthem playing in background.
The satellite was subjected to extreme conditions, It saw temperatures dropping to -80° C, wind speeds of 90 km/h. However, the satellite intricately designed by the kids of Kalam Labs stayed resilient. Ultimately the payload was retrieved by a team of TIFR about 200 kilometers from Hyderabad.
Ultimately the kids’ space mission was a huge success, the glimpses of India’s Flag unfurling in Space with National Anthem playing in background was a sight to behold.
Kalam Labs has a string of missions planned for 2024 to spread the love of space amongst kids. Their missions include Launching A Space Drone with IIT-Kanpur by March’24, building a perpetual solar pseudo-satellite with IISc Bangalore and a Crazy Falling Rocket with NARL, ISRO.
The Space Missions are open for Class 4th to 8th students. Join & Take Part in these Missions from www.kalamlabs.in
About Founders (Faraaz/Harshit/Sashakt)
Ahmad Faraaz, Sashakt Tripathi, Harshit Awasthi founded Kalam Labs at the age of 21 from their college dormrooms of BITS Pilani.
They have been felicitated as Forbes 30 under 30 and have raised VC funding from Silicon Valley VC firms like Lightspeed, Y Combinator and Kunal Shah/Gaurav Munjal.
They are deeply passionate about Indian space missions and have built Kalam Labs to spread the love for space amongst kids.
