South Africa to Launch Its First Cube Satellite

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) is set to make history with the launch of South Africa‘s first cube satellite, ZACUBE-1, from the Yasny base in Russia at 9:10 a.m. South African time on Nov. 21, the university announced Monday. The nano-satellite is a single unit carrying a space weather experiment, and will be sent up atop the RS-2OB rocket (Dnepr). Running on the same amount of power as a five-watt bulb, ZACUBE-1 will orbit Earth up to 15 times a day at an altitude of 600 kilometres. More

(Source: Atlanta Black Star - Nov 17)