Hevelius already in space and time with him into orbit on Tuesday flew a memory card with photos approx. 5 thousand. Poles. This final action “Send image in Space” organized by the Cooperative “Cool Art”.
On Tuesday morning Hevelius satellite was launched into Earth orbit by a rocket fired in China. On the first day of work “Hevelius” in orbit, ground station at the Center for Astronomical them. Nicolaus Copernicus Academy of Sciences has established communications with him every time he was in range: the 3 flights in the morning session and 3 flights in the evening. P is reported that on the Polish side of the project Brite, under which the satellite was built.
Inside the Polish satellite was mounted card memory containing images and videos provided by the Poles. Confirmed this information in an interview with PAP Paul Grochowalski of the Space Research Centre.
In the past year, in January and February each eager to get the part of the “Send a picture in Space” upload photos and videos to be flown on orbit. “The interest in this action exceeded our wildest expectations. We received more than 5,000 images and 19 videos that thanks to us and cooperation with the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences have been placed on the memory card Hevelius Polish satellites “- inform the representatives sent to PAP Cooperative” Cool Art “.
Participants shares received certificates confirming their pictures to send into orbit. All the action, which was organized to popularize the program BRITE-PL – scientific missions Polish first two satellites.
Hevelius is one of six satellites, which were built as part of the Austro-Canadian-Polish project Brite. Five devices, including Polish Lem, placed in space before: unfortunately, one of the satellites was lost – his fate is unknown. All devices have a very similar design – weighs less than 7 kg, and have a cube with a side of approx. 20 cm. All have lead precise measurements of 286 brightest stars.
Brite-type satellites developed in cooperation with the University of Vienna, Graz University of Technology, the University of Toronto and the University of Montreal. Over Polish Hevelius and Lem worked specialists from the Centre for Space Research and the Center for Astronomical them. Nicolaus Copernicus Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. Ministry of Science and Higher Education allocated for their construction 14.2 million zł.
For detailed information about the action of sending pictures on orbit are available on http://www.zdjeciewkosmos.fajnasztuka.org
Source: www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl
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