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New Delhi: The Kestrel Initial Demonstrator (KID) cargo capsule by Spanish New Space startup Orbital Paradigm, one of the 16 payloads on ISRO’s PSLV-C62

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flight survived the off-nominal mission where the rocket deviated from its course towards the end of a planned coast by the third stage. The KID managed to transmit valuable data. The team is analysing the trajectory information and will be releasing a detailed update over the next few days. Orbital Paradigm did not plan to recover the capsule, but did plan to collect as much information as possible during the flight. Despite being a technology demonstration mission, there were payloads from UK, Germany and France on board.

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The hardware was realised within a span of a year by a team of nine engineers, within a budget of $1 million. Most of the flights to space are one-way missions where the hardware is discarded after its time in orbit. For conducting microgravity experiments, it is necessary to recover the science payloads after the experiment has been conducted. The orbital complexes such as the International Space Station and the Chinese Tiangong Space Station offer limited capacity for such experiments, but not enough to meet the tremendous global demand. Orbital Paradigm aims to cater to this demand with the Kestrel Cargo Capsule, completing the space transportation loop.

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First flight had hosted payloads

The KID was a small, 25 kg capsule. On board were payloads from the space robotics company Alatyr, an academic payload for Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany, as well as a payload for an undisclosed customer. Because of the mass and the cost, there was no parachute system on board. It is unclear if the KID separated from or remained attached to the PSLV. The full-sized version will be capable of accommodating 120 kg of payloads, spending up to three months in orbit. Orbital Paradigm aims to fly a scaled-up version with the ‘Learn to Fly’ mission in 2026.

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Kestrel Initial Demonstrator survives wayward ISRO rocket flight

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