Breakthrough Starshot successfully launch world's smallest spacecraft
by Nicola Davis from on (#2XQM5)
The 'sprites' - 3.5cm x 3.5cm miniature satellites weighing four grams each - are successfully in orbit and communicating with systems back on Earth
The smallest spacecraft ever launched are successfully travelling in low Earth orbit and communicating with systems on Earth, scientists have announced.
Known as "Sprites", the miniature satellites are just 3.5cm x 3.5cm and carry radios, sensors and computers, with each device powered by sunlight and weighing just four grams.
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