Israeli nanosatellite gives stranded travelers hope

Good things come in nano-packages: Israeli high-school students launched on Thursday night Israel's first nanosatellite, which will aid stranded travelers worldwide to pinpoint their location, JNS reported. The satellite, an 860-gram cube measuring 10 centimeters in each dimension, was designed and built by teens studying at the Herzliya Science Center, sponsored by the Israel Space Agency and the Herzliya Municipality. Called Duchifat-1, after Israel's petite national bird, the device was launched into space from the Yasny Airbase in Russia. More

(Source: Haaretz - Jun 22)