The team, at Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) in Guildford, want to see if the sophisticated capabilities in today's phones will function in the most challenging environment known, the BBC reported.
While mobile phones have been flown on high altitude balloons before, this would be the first time such a device will go into orbit above the planet.
The phone will be used to control a 30cm-long satellite and take pictures of the Earth in the mission, which will take place later this year.
The venture is part of the company's quest to find more inexpensive, off-the-shelf electronics that can be used to lower the cost of its spacecraft designs
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