ARISSat en-route to Moscow

ARISSat-1 was shipped from Johnson Space Center on November 24.

It was held in Germany until Saturday, December 4 at which time it was transferred to Russia.

Energia representatives are expected to pick up the hardware early this week. The Russian team will install the battery and the Kursk University experiment and will then be joined by U.S. team members. Together, the team will test the satellite for flight.

A final safety review will follow in January.

ARISSat-1 is scheduled to launch on Progress 41P on January 28.

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