NASA will be launching on Endeavor a group of 3 tiny satellites, each more or less the size of a playing card, which will be used as a proof-of-concept for potential future micro satellite launches:
http://www.space.com/11508-shuttle-launch-satellite-chips-endeavour.html
This is actually pretty interesting, as the dynamics of a small body in orbit are much different than that of a larger one. And these chips should have more or less the same power as some of the first satellites we launched in the 50s and 60s, at a much much smaller size and weight.
http://www.space.com/11508-shuttle-launch-satellite-chips-endeavour.html
This is actually pretty interesting, as the dynamics of a small body in orbit are much different than that of a larger one. And these chips should have more or less the same power as some of the first satellites we launched in the 50s and 60s, at a much much smaller size and weight.