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NASA Nanosatellite Celebrates 100 Days In Space

More than one hundred days ago, on Nov. 19, 2010, NASA sent a small satellite about the size of a loaf of bread on an important mission to answer astrobiologys fundamental questions about the origin, evolution and distribution of life in the universe.
Since then, the nanosatellite, known as Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses (O/OREOS) continues on its quest, which has taken it just about everywhere between the Arctic and Antarctic Circles more than 400 miles above Earth's surface.
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The Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses, or O/OREOS, nanosatellite managed by NASA's Ames Research Centre, successfully launched at 5:25 p.m. PST on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, from Alaska Aerospace Corporations Kodiak Launch Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
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NASA satellite reaches orbit, begins astrobiology experiments

NASA's Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses (O/OREOS) nano-satellite is now orbiting Earth and starting its astrobiology experiments.
O/OREOS launched on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, from Alaska Aerospace Corporation's Kodiak Launch Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska. Communications between the satellite and the ground have been established, and downloading of data packages will now begin.
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