Article: The Aerospace Corp.: Communications Established With Smallest Satellites Ever Placed Into Orbit.

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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2000

Engineers from The Aerospace Corp. have established effective two-way communications with the smallest satellites ever released into orbit.

The two picosatellites measure 4-by-3-by-1 inches and weigh less than 1/2 pound each. In passes over the ground station at Menlo Park, Calif., Monday evening and Tuesday morning, the engineers received data and transmitted commands.

It was determined that the tethered satellites were released Sunday evening from their &uot;mother&uot; satellite, OPAL, built by Stanford University students. OPAL stands for Orbiting ...

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