Look upwards tonight and you might just see a new "star" streaking across the sky. A Russian CubeSat called Mayak (meaning "lighthouse") was successfully launched on Friday, and is set to be one of ...

The satellite, called Mayak, was developed by Moscow Polytechnic University (MAMU). It is preparing to unfurl a giant, pyramid-shaped mirror. And it has just one job to do: shine. Mayak, after all, is ...

If you look up tonight, you might see a new light in the sky. The new Russian satellite Mayak—meaning "lighthouse"—was launched into orbit on Friday. Mayak wears a reflective surface that makes it the ...

AN experimental Russian satellite is about to become the third brightest object in our sky — behind only the sun and moon — in a move that has astronomers seeing red. The satellite, called Mayak, was ...