The following is an article from Uncle John's 24-K... ...n old Orlan spacesuit into a cheap communications satellite by outfitting it with a microprocessor and an ama... ...cs. Working out the details of what the spacesuit satellite would do fell to the Russian and American section... ...g its call sign ("Thi...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/01/SuitSat-1-The-Garbage-Satellite/
Photo: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters... ...Song Hojun did. He made a
$500 homemade satellite by rummaging through back alley electronics store... ...There's a long history of do-it-yourself satellites being launched
by universities and sc... ...bs, but Song said his is the first truly personal *st...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/29/homemade-satellite/
This map, or geoid, shows the contours of the... ...structed with measurements taken by Europe's Goce satellite .
Launched in 2009, the sleek satellite flies pole to pole at an altitude of just 254.9km... ...f just 254.9km - the lowest orbit of any research satellite in opera...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/07/05/map-of-the-earths-gravity/