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400 Students 23 Universities via Internet Build & Launch Space Satellite The first Internet-built student satellite was launched Thursday by the Paris-based European Space Agency from Russia's Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
SSETI Express will act as a test bed for many designs, including a cold-gas attitude control system. It will also take pictures of the Earth and function as a radio transponder, ESA officials said.
More than 400 students from 23 universities across Europe worked together via the Internet to build the SSETI Express, the ESA said.
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/051027_sseti_kosmos_launch.html
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051027-041006-9363r
http://www.space.com/businesstechnol...wed_sseti.html
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SSETI Express will act as a test bed for many designs, including a cold-gas attitude control system. It will also take pictures of the Earth and function as a radio transponder, ESA officials said.
More than 400 students from 23 universities across Europe worked together via the Internet to build the SSETI Express, the ESA said.
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/051027_sseti_kosmos_launch.html
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051027-041006-9363r
http://www.space.com/businesstechnol...wed_sseti.html
http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827...I050921_01.jpg
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