The 4kg nanosatellite STRaND-1 developed in the UK by University of Surrey and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) will be flying a Smartphone, see
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2011/mobile_phone_in_orbit.htm I recall they were hoping to launch by the end of the year. The great thing about flying Smartphones is you get loads of Processing Power, a Still/Video Camera and GPS in a very small and very cheap board. 73 Trevor M5AKA --- On Thu, 9/6/11, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <[email protected]> wrote: > The smartphone was just the computer > and sensors. The communication was by UHF radio. > > > > On 09-Jun-11 15:09, Dave Webb KB1PVH wrote: > > Maybe this? > > > > Also, here is an article on their previous flight: > > http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/11/ > > cell-phones-space-smartphone-nasa/ 73, > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. > Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur > satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
