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When Doves Fly: Swarm Of Tiny Satellites Shot From Space Station
NanoRacks CubeSats deployed from the International Space Station in February 2014, during Expedition 38. Credit: NASA
Astronauts fired up the International Space Station’s Yard-a-Pult (actually, we mean the Japanese Kibo arm’s satellite launcher) this week to send out a flock of Doves or tiny satellites that take pictures of the Earth below. An incredible 28 satellites from Planet Labs of San Francisco are expected to swarm into orbit — the largest fleet yet, NASA says — but there have been delays in launching some of them.
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Post tags: cubesats, expedition 38, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, kibo, koichi wakata, NanoRacks, Rick Mastracchio
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