A team of developers based in San Jose wants to let the average person put their ideas in space via an open-source satellite. And the public apparently loved that concept.
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The ArduSat project called for funds on Kickstarter and reached more than three times their goal of $35,000.
The team wants to put an Arduino satellite in space to make "space exploration affordable to anyone," says Peter Platzer, the project's physicist, on the Kickstarter page.
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"Once launched, the ArduSat (Arduino satellite) will be the first open platform allowing the general public to design and run their own space-based applications, games and experiments, and steer the onboard cameras to take pictures on-demand," the project's Kickstarter page states.
The satellite will be launched next July. It is built from a CubeSat satellite that measures about 100 cubic centimeters in size.
The group, which calls itself ppl4world, reached out to the community for $35,000 to make their vision a reality. They reached that goal five days ago, and now have surpassed $106,000 in funding.
This is the team's first project. Check out this from ArduSat's developers.
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