Smaaaaartphooooones in spaaaaaace!

Amazing…

NASA on Monday launched three 2010-vintage Nexus One smartphones into orbit via an Antares rocket, saying that the Android devices would be among the cheapest satellites ever devised.

The phones are housed in four-inch cubesat structures, and will attempt to take photos of the Earth via their onboard cameras.

The launch has been co-ordinated by a British frim, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited.  Well done them!

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