Chinese astronauts can walk in with a small satellite monitoring their movements.
A Chinese news agency, China News Service reported that the mini satellite will be launched from the manned spacecraft and will continue to orbit around the astronauts.
China is expecting to launch a manned spacecraft as early as 2008. The mission includes space walk and to dock the space craft to a target object which according to me can be the ISS.
A researcher also commented that small satellite can weigh anywhere between 100 to 1,000 kgs and the small weight makes it possible to launch the satellite from a manned space craft.
Other than the ease of developing and launching these satellites the researcher also stated that these satellites can form and work in a constellation and can outperform the functions of a conventional heavy weight satellite.
These small satellites are energy efficient and are much more reliable than other satellites.
Via: spacedaily
