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Tiny Stellenbosch satellite ready for launch from ISS


Tiny Stellenbosch satellite ready for launch from ISS Cape Town - It is ready, set, go for a nanosatellite developed in Stellenbosch that will be launched along with 49 others from the International Space Station (ISS) early in 2017. Weighing just 2kg, the ZA-Aerosat was developed by at Stellenbosch University's electronic systems laboratory by the university's engineers and incubation company CubeSpace. It was the only satellite to form part of the international QB50 project. The project involves launching 50 satellites, each smaller than a shoebox, from the space station to gather research on the largely unexplored lower thermosphere, between 200km and 400km above Earth.   More



(Source: News 24 - Aug 25)

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