Tokyo Olympic committee shows replica of "Gundam" promotion satellite

Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizers held a press event Tuesday to show a replica of a microsatellite carrying model robots from the popular Japanese science fiction anime "Mobile Suit Gundam" to be launched next year for promoting the summer sports event.The 30-centimeter-long, 10-cm-wide "G-Satellite" containing two robots from the animation series will be launched into space as a joint project with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and the University of Tokyo when an unmanned cargo transporter is sent to the International Space Station in March.The satellite with an electronic …READ FULL ARTICLE