Скачать или смотреть CubeSats: Meet the tiniest satellites occupying the Earth's orbit

The launch of SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket from California, scheduled for Tuesday (IST), was postponed, the private firm announced in a tweet Monday. The rocket is meant to carry out a “rideshare” mission termed the SSO-A SmallSat Express. It will carry 64 satellites from 17 countries, but among those will be a piece of history — India’s first fully private satellite, a 1-kg cubesat built by Mumbai-based startup Exseed Space.

The satellite, christened ExseedSAT-1, is to be set in polar orbit around the Earth. A 10-cm cube, ExseedSAT-1 is the first Indian attempt at a satellite without any involvement from ISRO.

The satellite will provide services and functionality to the amateur (ham) radio community around the world, which would typically be very useful in times of emergencies and natural disasters.

The cubesat was built and assembled by engineers at Exseedspace’s facility in Hyderabad. The 10-employee company was founded last year by CEO Kris Nair and CTO Ashhar Farhan, with offices in Mumbai and the Netherlands.

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