Mini Satellites
Mar 26 2007, Jolly

The YES2 project is undertaken by more than 400 students from Europe and around the world. The satellite is scheduled to be launched by a Soyuz rocket in September 2007.

This mission will piggyback on ESA’s Foton-M3 microgravity mission. The most...

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