uCs on BBC News...

[Fowkc]

Thought people might be interested in this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7049002.stm

Sounds like a PICAXE project to me. Though they've conveniently left out "build a launch system" in their "build your own satellite" article

 

[steliosm]

It's a very interesting article. There are also a lot similar projects, such as Cansat (http://www.cansatcompetition.com/Main.html).