with Android devices were sent into space (Image Source: Playback / NASA)
After more than four years of work leveraging partnerships with universities, NASA finally launched its PhoneSats space.
Microsatellite works on the Android operating system and to develop them used two handsets HTC Nexus One and Samsung Nexus S.
This led the project cost to an extremely low level, since each satellite sent into space left for less than $ 3500.
According to reports from the U.S. space agency, three of these inventions were sent into space at the end of last month. According to the notes of NASA, although they already have desparecido in the atmosphere, all perfectly fulfilled its mission.
Bruce Yost, manager of the “Small Satellite Technology Program,” said that “during the short period of time that the gadgets were in space, they were able to demonstrate that smartphones can act as true when satellites sent into space.”
Moreover, to prove the success of the venture, NASA had the cooperation of some amateur radio operators to perform communication with the devices. The three phones took pictures of the Earth using their own cameras, however, the images were not in the best quality possible.
According to information, this happened because they were sent in small parties back to the labs, always using a UHF radio band. And then, how about sending your gadget into space?
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