Kick SAT -- Tiniest and cheapest satellite ever in the history..

Zac Manchester with Kick SAT

     For the past two decades rocket science has been considered the subject of matter of top research agencies like NASA,ISRO etc..but for the first time a successful attempt has been made to design a personal satellite that too at an affordable price.    Cornell University graduate student Zac Manchester has been lent this lab to develop a revolutionary satellite named KickSat. This 30cm- (12in-)  long satellite will contain 200 even smaller satellites,called sprites. Around the size of a couple of postage stamps, these are probably the smallest spacecraft ever developed.Not only is the design of this space project unique but also the way it is being funded. Money for KickSat has been raised through the crowd-funding website kick starter and the sprites are allocated to the project’s supporters. Top firms like BBC also sponsored the project.Zac says:- “I’d like to think of it as the people’s satellite,” says Manchester. “We’re pushing towards a personal satellite, where you can afford to put your own thing in space.”