A group of New Brunswick university students is one step closer to launching a mini-satellite into space.
Satellite Violet is named after New Brunswick’s provincial flower and is about the size of a loaf of bread. It successfully passed the testing phase at the Canadian Space Agency in Montreal and is headed to the International Space Station early next year.
Once the satellite is deployed from the space station into Earth’s orbit, the group will be able to perform scientific experiments to study the planet’s upper atmosphere and weather by capturing GPS signals and tracking Violet’s movements.
More than 300 people, including 274 students, have been involved in
