Packing passion and brains into the World's smallest satellite | Rifath Shaarook | TEDxNITTrichy

Young inventors Rifath Shaarook and Mohammed Abdul Kashif share their journey from assembling an enthusiastic team to engaging with the frontiers of technology to build the world's smallest satellite - KalamSat. For people of such young age, their achievements are ones that will last for an eternity. Rifath Shaarook and Mohammed Abdul Kashif, two names etched in the stars. Not because of their families' wealths or fortunes, but because they put them up there themselves. Boys from our own country whose satellite, KalamSat, was launched by NASA just weeks back. India created history on that fateful day when the lightest satellite in the world and their brainchild took off. Not only were their team the youngest, but also the only to have achieved such a feat. But this is just the milestone. How they got there is a whole another inspiring tale.

For people of such young age, their achievements are ones that will last for an eternity. Rifath Shaarook and Mohammed Abdul Kashif, two names etched in the stars. Not because of their families' wealths or fortunes, but because they put them up there themselves. Boys from our own country whose satellite, KalamSat, was launched by NASA just weeks back. India created history on that fateful day when the lightest satellite in the world and their brainchild took off. Not only were their team the youngest, but also the only to have achieved such a feat. But this is just the milestone. How they got there is a whole another inspiring tale. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx