Students' tiny satellite project set to take off

A tiny satellite made by students of Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology's Arakawa Campus in Arakawa Ward will be loaded onto the H-2A rocket scheduled to be launched in January from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. Residents, companies and shops in Arakawa Ward have donated about 2 million yen via a local branch of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry to help fund the students' trip to the space center to witness the rocket's launch. The students currently are busy putting the final touches to their satellite. "We'll do everything we can to make the project a success for the locals who supported us," one student said. More

(Source: The Daily Yomiuri - Oct 17)