This is somewhat old news. This was originally started back in 2011 by a Cornell researcher through kickstarter, called KickSat: https://www.kickstarter.com/pr

This is somewhat old news. This was originally started back in 2011 by a Cornell researcher through kickstarter, called KickSat: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zacinaction/kicksat-your-personal-spacecraft-in-space https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zacinaction/kicksat-you... The spacecraft was supposed carry a number of these sprites inside and launch them out once in orbit. However, there was a malfunction in the spacecraft and it burned back up in the atmosphere without launching any.