World's first 'phonesat' smartphone successfully launched into orbit
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 09:01
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org)—Launched into a 785km Sun-synchronous orbit on ISRO's PSLV launcher, the spacecraft is an innovative 3U CubeSat weighing 4.3 kg and is the world's first "phonesat" to go into orbit, as well as the first UK CubeSat to be launched.