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Article

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Space

Build and Launch a Satellite

By:

Lawrence Reeves

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Summary

With a sudden, loud “whoosh,” a small rocket darts up into the sky, leaving a thin column of smoke behind it. The rocket quickly burns out yet continues to coast ever higher.

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When it reaches its apex (approximately one kilometre), a small, blackpowder charge disengages the rocket’s nose cone and ejects its cargo: a CanSat—a pop-can-sized satellite containing equipment for one or more science experiments.

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