Spacewalking astronauts release baby satellite

Spacewalking astronauts have launched a tiny Peruvian research satellite, setting it loose on a mission to observe Earth.

Russian Oleg Artemiev cast the 10.1-centimetre box off with his gloved right hand as the International Space Station sailed 260 miles above the cloud-flecked planet. The nanosatellite gently tumbled as it cleared the vicinity of the orbiting complex, precisely as planned.

“One, two, three,” his colleague called out in Russian as Artemiev let go of the satellite.