Scotland's first satellite to be launched this summer
Scotland's first satellite is to be launched into space in June, it has been announced.
The cutting-edge device is the first spacecraft to be designed and built in Scotland. It will be launched on board a Russian rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Clyde Space, the Glasgow company behind the nanosatellite, is hoping it could be the first of many from Scotland.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond described the project as being "one small satellite for Clyde and a giant leap for their extraterrestrial export business and a new hope for space science in Scotland".
The UKube-1 satellite is said to be one of the most advanced of its kind. When it is launched it will take part in a UK Space Agency mission that will see it use GPS technology to measure plasmaspheric space weather, as well as testing how cosmic radiation could improve the security of communication satellites.
The satellite will also carry five experiments that students across the UK can become involved in.