Swatch and Mir crew launch promotional satellite

In what may be the first example of a purely promotional satellite, the Swiss watch manufacturing company Swatch has launched "Beatnik," a tiny satellite meant to broadcast messages from the public and draw attention to a concept called "Swatch Internet Time." Beatnik gets its name from the Internet...

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