Thorough Space with Android Phone

Jakarta - Thorough Space with Android Phone - British scientists into space, sending the phone to control satellite. This device with the Android operating system will take pictures of Earth next year.

Projects undertaken by the British company Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, based in Guildford is a modern mobile phone testing in environments that have never imagined before.

Although in the form of a smartphone, a detailed model has not been disclosed. This will be the first smartphone that touches the earth's orbit.

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modern smartphone is amazing with processors of more than 1GHz, and has a lot of flash memory. We want to see if the phone can function there. If not, whether the phone can control the satellite,

"said project manager Shaun Kenyon.

This effort is part of the company's plans to create a less expensive electronic devices which could reduce the cost of spacecraft design.

This mission is known as the Strand-1 (Surrey Nanosatellite Training Research and Demonstration). This project involves several companies and research institutions. [vin]