Specialists are planning to send a cell phone into space to check how well a modern communication device works in weightlessness. Scientists will attach a 30-centimeter satellite and take pictures of Earth with the device.

It is still unknown exactly what model phone will be chosen for the mission, but it will be Google Android phone.

The project is carried out by SSTL specialists, as well as researchers from the Space Center, University of Surrey. The main part of the preliminary work of the scientific experiment has been conducted, reports WDaily.

No additional upgrades are done to the phone. It will be placed in a special box that protects the unit from temperature changes and radiation exposure and the images and messages to Earth will be sent through a satellite radio link.