SPACECRAFT ON A SHOESTRING

Shopping can be educational. After picking up parts at various Tokyo stores, students at Tokyo University and Tokyo Industrial University built a couple of "pocket" satellites, so-called because they are so small. Weighing only about 1 kg. (2.2) lb., the experimental satellites are solar-powered and...

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