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sheme
22nd November 2013, 19:06
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25035490

Dnepr rocket launching from Yasny in Russia has set a record for the most payloads carried to orbit in a single mission.

The converted intercontinental missile released 32 objects in space - mostly small, so called "cubesats".

The main payload was a 300kg Earth imaging platform for the United Arab Emirates known as DubaiSat-2.

Hmm- wonder what they are really for?