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The “Mayak” or “Beacon” satellite is becoming one of the most successful crowd funding campaigns in Russia.
Introduced by a group of aerospace engineers and supporters from Moscow’s University of Mechanical Engineering (MAMI), the campaign is currently in its final stages and is being tested before it is launched into space by the Soyuz-2 carrier rocket.
On Thursday the team declared they have raised more than 1.5 million rubles ($19,650) on the Boomstarter crowd funding platform, letting them finish the next stage of the satellite’s flight testing...
The Russians are about to put a crowdfunded satellite into orbit that will be visible in the night sky ... brighter than any star.