Researchers
in Belgium have joined hands with European Space Agency
(ESA) to launch t
he first ever billboard to space in 2016.
The billboard being developed at KU Leuven University in Belgium will include personal messages and ads from well-known companies such as Microsoft .The billboard will be outside of a Cube sat - a small satellite that's a cheaper and faster alternative to traditional satellites .The Cube sat will be about the size of a milk carton .The billboard will be around 8*8cm big and will have 400 squares available for purchase.
The billboard will be orbiting the Earth 16 times a day for ten years.
Although the bill board will not be seen from the Earth ,anyone can go to the billboard website and see the message or logos that are on the actual satellite ,according to New
York Daily .
Companies are not the only ones who can put a message on the billboard.Anyone can write a message which coast 1 euro a character.
Tjorven Delabie,lead researcher and PhD student in space engineering and his friends Maarten Decat and Jeroen Vandewalle - have partnered with ESA , which will oversee all of their work until launch in January 2016 from Alcantara , Brazil.
The Cube Sat carrying the billboard will focus on global warming research once it is in space .
The money sponsors invested on the billboard will be used to expand research on small satellites at the KU Leuven University.
ADS IN SPACE
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The billboard being developed at KU Leuven University in Belgium will include personal messages and ads from well-known companies such as Microsoft .The billboard will be outside of a Cube sat - a small satellite that's a cheaper and faster alternative to traditional satellites .The Cube sat will be about the size of a milk carton .The billboard will be around 8*8cm big and will have 400 squares available for purchase.
The billboard will be orbiting the Earth 16 times a day for ten years.
Although the bill board will not be seen from the Earth ,anyone can go to the billboard website and see the message or logos that are on the actual satellite ,according to New
York Daily .
Companies are not the only ones who can put a message on the billboard.Anyone can write a message which coast 1 euro a character.
Tjorven Delabie,lead researcher and PhD student in space engineering and his friends Maarten Decat and Jeroen Vandewalle - have partnered with ESA , which will oversee all of their work until launch in January 2016 from Alcantara , Brazil.
The Cube Sat carrying the billboard will focus on global warming research once it is in space .
The money sponsors invested on the billboard will be used to expand research on small satellites at the KU Leuven University.
ADS IN SPACE
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