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Cubesats into Free Orbit

Satellites for home use (well, almost)

Published in issue 357, September 2006

Cubesats into Free Orbit
The first Dutch amateur satellite, Delfi-C3, offers its transponder and even asks amateurs to actively participate in its space mission. Taking your own pictures from space will soon be possible with the Compass-1, another amateur satellite. But can we shoot our own satellite into space?

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