This is so awesome. Building and deploying a satellite is now so much more accessible. Combine cheaper with open source technology, and you get brilliant educational opportunities, such as the ArduSat project mentioned earlier.
Here is the link to an article that provides an overview of the various cheap satellite technologies currently used, and some of the things getting done.
My grade 4 son played this with me a few times, his feedback was it was too easy but fun,…
Brad