BBC News - Mobile phone to blast into orbit
British engineers are planning to put a mobile phone in space.
The team at SSTL and the Surrey Space Centre in Guildford want to see if the sophisticated capabilities in today's phones will function in the most challenging environment known.
The mobile will run on Google's Android operating system but the exact model has not yet been disclosed.
It will be used to control a 30cm-long satellite and take pictures of the Earth in the mission later this year.
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