Tamil Nadu Engineering Student Designs World's Lightest Satellite, to be Part of NASA Mission
Tamil Nadu Engineering Student Designs World's Lightest Satellite, to be Part of NASA Mission An engineering student from Tamil Nadu has made name for himself with his innovation which won him the Cubes in Space global design competition. The young innovator, S Riyasdeen, is a a second-year student of Mechatronics engineering from Sastra University. Riyasdeen created a 37 mm sized FEMTO satellites VISION SAT v1 and v2 with a payload of 30 mm weighing 33 gms and is now thethe world's lightest FEMTO satellite, the New Indian Express reported. He hails from Karanthai in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur. Apart from polyetherimide thermoplastic resins, the boy deployed 3D printing technology to create the satellite. The competition was conducted by National Aeronautical Space Agency (NASA) and had 1,000 participants from 73 countries. The competition was held for students between the age of 11 and 18. The satellites are designed to record around 17 parameters with 11 sensors and VISIO
