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Tiny Satellite, Big Mission

  • November 10, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The TJ3Sat is the first orbiting satellite built by high schoolers. Developed by students at Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, and launched last November, the tiny cube-shaped device’s main mission is to inspire other schools to build satellites too. (Photo: Thomas Jefferson High School)

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