From 9 to 12 April 2014 Russian-Chinese student research camp of small satellites of the Association of technical universities of Russia and China (ASRTU) was held in the Blagoveschensk. The camp was held in the framework of the program "Year of youth exchanges of Russia and China" (2014-2015) on the basis of the Amur State University. The event was attended by the representatives of the ITMO University.

The total number of participants amounted to more than 100 people from 27 universities of Russia and China. The delegation of the ITMO University consisted of graduates of the Department of measurement technologies and computer tomography:

  • Alena Makarova;
  • Anna Malevannaya;
  • Maxim Shugaev.

Team leader was associate Professor Igor Kinzagulov.

The event was also organized by the student scientific and technical innovation forum TURK on "Small satellites, their systems and subsystems, the concept of the mission and the corresponding infrastructure". The team of the ITMO University has made a presentation in English "Center for coordination and control of small spacecraft of ITMO University. The concept of creation" at the forum.

In one of the last days the forum participants visited being builtin the Amur region the  paceport "Vostochny". Already in2015, this will be done the first spaceport launch rocket carrying the spacecraft.