Launch day is finally close for these students and their teensy, climate-measuring satellite

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Daniel Dolomont, Muneeb Azher, Victoria Vaters and C-CORE vice-president of remote sensing Desmond Power are just a few members of the big team behind the Killick-1 cube satellite. (Submitted by Memorial University)

A team of students at Memorial University is counting down to blast-off. 

The group of engineers designed and built their own satellite, with a plan to monitor climate data and sea ice in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Named the Killick-1, the cube satellite is about to be sent into space as part of SpaceX’s mission to the International Space Station. The launch date is March 3. 

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