SHAH ALAM: Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) has created history by successfully releasing its second nanosatellite, UiTMSAT-2, into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS) at 6.52 pm Malaysian time on Tuesday (Feb 3).
Project leader Dr Fatimah Zaharah Ali said UiTMSAT-2 is a 1.1kg 1U CubeSat nanosatellite that was released through the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) using the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) mechanism.
