SkyCube, the first satellite scheduled to reach orbit sponsored by social media, microfinance, and mobile apps, is just 24 hours from the end of its crowdsourced fundraising campaign on kickstarter.com
The project reached its original funding goal of $82.5K on August 30th, 2012, and is now just a few thousand dollars away from its new goal of $110K to build a second copy of the SkyCube satellite.
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Southern Stars, MacTech let you interact with SkyCube satellite
Southern Stars, the leading provider of mobile applications for amateur astronomy, and MacTech Magazine, the journal for Apple technologies, have jointly announced the world’s first personal, interactive satellite mission.
SkyCube will allow everyone, all over the world, to participate in its launch, “tweet” messages, and obtain pictures of the earth from space. MacTech is the project’s first corporate sponsor.
Read MoreThe Apple special event scheduled to be held for the media on April 28, 2003 in San Francisco will be broadcast live via satellite. The invitation Apple sent out to various media outlets said that the company would have “announcements that will be music to your ears.” MacMinute will be in attendance. Details on the satellite broadcast, which begins at 10:00 AM PT, are here. Read More
