Sixteen educational satellites are under construction in Japan. The first should be launched in May 2012 followed by the others over the next two years.
The first to launch is the amateur radio satellite HORYU-2 built by students at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT). The launch is on a Japanese H-IIA rocket planned for May 17 at 1639-1642 UT.
(southgatearc.org)
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