NASA successfully launched a rocket into space Minotaur-1 with a record number of satellites on board. In orbit, the unit will be delivered to military and scientific experiments STPSat-3 and 28 small satellites standard CubeSat, said the U.S. space agency.
Minotaur launched from Baikonur on American Wallops Island, Virginia with a 45-minute delay. Despite Pinch schedules, launch, became the 25th in a row for the rocket, experts have called a success.
Thisnumber of satellites on the rocket failed to place due to its small size. Each space device no bigger than a postage parcel. It is noteworthy that among them satellite, modeled in high school.
Sputnik is a small cube, which is equipped with a voice synthesizer. Signals from such a device in the world can be taken with a conventional radio. In addition, the management of one of the satellites placed in orbit will be using a smartphone. Such experiments were carried stories NASA first.
“We are constantly looking for economical ways to launch satellites, including the combination of public and commercial interests,” – said the TV channel NBC program manager for space tests Pentagon Todd Krueger.
He also stressed that the military plans to use small satellites to quickly provide tactical intelligence troops on the battlefield. The devices will be displayed on a circular orbit at an altitude of about 500 km.
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November 20, 2013
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