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How to send your own satellite into space for £200
More than 100 satellites (Sprites) - each costing less than £200 ($340) - have been sent into space by the crowd-founded project Kicksat.
As it can cost around £100,000 per kilogram to send items into space, each satellite has been built to tiny specifications in order to keep the project affordable.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Click's Spencer Kelly reports on crowdfunded space exploration.
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