World’s first 7-mile scale model of Solar System

LA filmmakers Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh have created the world’s first 7-mile-wide scale model of the solar system in the Black Rock desert. .

Over the course of 36 hours, Overstreet, Gorosh and a couple of friends created the solar system using a conversion of 1 AU (astronomical unit) to 579 feet (or 176 meters).

From there, the team placed the planets at their relative distance from the sun, and traced each planet’s orbit around the sun in a dry lakebed using their cars. They hooked the planets up to lights, and at night they went to the top of a nearby mountain to capture video of the lit planets as they completed their orbits.

The film makers claimed that this is the first time in the world.

China Launched Three CubeSats

China has successfully launched three cube satellites which will help in tracking civil aircraft and ships and avoid tragedies like the missing flight MH370, official media said.The three CubeSats in a mission coded STU-2 was launched on September 25 and has entered their designed orbit, according to the mission’s chief designer Wu Shufan.

The three spacecraft – weighing only 6.8 kgs in total – are equipped with polar region observation cameras as well as automatic identification system receivers for information from ships and automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) receivers for messages sent from civil flights. Currently, more than 70 per cent of aircraft have such systems installed.

CubeSats may also be used to provide information support for ship operations such as the Chinese icebreaker Xuelong (Snow Dragon) in Polar Regions.China is currently developing its own global position system (GPS). This satellites helps china to develop their strength.