3D Printed CubeSat Ready for Launch

In March, we heard about Russia's 3D printed CubeSat nanosatellite being sent up to the ISS. The small, fully-functional Tomsk-TPU-120 satellite is the first of its kind, and was created by Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University in Siberia. It is now on track to be placed into orbit in July of 2017. Alexey Yakovlev, head of the Tomsk Polytechnic University's Institute of Higher Technologies, says that the Tomsk-TPU-120 is the world's first satellite developed with a 3D printer. Read more at 3DPrint.com: https://3dprint.com/160325/3d-printe...in-orbit-july/

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