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Smartphone satellite "STRaND-1" operational in orbit

STRaND-1, the nanosatellite carrying a smartphone, has been declared operational in orbit by the mission team from the University of Surrey's Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL).
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PSLV C-20 launch: ISROs historic launch successful

India's Polar rocket PSLV today successfully put into orbit seven satellites in the space of four minutes including a Indo-French oceanographic spacecraft that will study changes in the environment, completing its 22nd consecutive flawless launch.
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STRaND-1, a nanosatellite carrying a smartphone, has successfully launched into Space from India today.

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. Developed by a team from the University of Surrey's Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), STRaND-1 is a training and demonstration mission, designed to test commercial off-the-shelf technologies in space.
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Strand-1 'phone-sat' ready for orbit

The world's first "smartphone-sat" is ready for launch.
Known as Strand-1, the British-built spacecraft will be fully controlled by a Google Nexus device during part of its six-month mission in orbit.
The project has been led from the Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), both in Guildford. 
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British engineers are planning to put a mobile phone in space.
The team at Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) in Guildford want to see if the sophisticated capabilities in today's phones will function in the most challenging environment known.
The phone will run on Google's Android operating system but the exact model has not yet been disclosed.
The mission is known as STRaND-1 (Surrey Training Research and Nanosatellite Demonstration).
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