Phonesat, which hopes to launch in December carrying an amateur radio payload on 437.425 MHz, has been chosen as one of the winners in the Aerospace category for the Popular Science magazine “Best of What’s New 2012” awards.

PhoneSat is a demonstration project to build, launch and fly one of the lowest-cost, easiest-to-build satellites in space. The awards highlight innovations that once seemed impossible, but are in use today.

Watch PhoneSat Selected As One of “Best of What’s New 2012”

For more information about the “Best of What’s New” awards, please visit: http://www.popsci.com/bown/2012

For more information about PhoneSat, please visit: http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/stp/small_satellite_subsystem_tech/index.html