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Russian Beacon satellite set to light up the night sky:
Crowdfunding target for next stage of testing has now been reached
Raised almost 1.8 million rubles (£17,365/$24,235) from 2,322 sponsors
It will be launched from a Soyuz 2 rocket with help from Roscosmos
Made of a reflective thin polymer film 20 times thinner than human hair
The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius, known as the 'dog star' or Alpha Canis Majoris.
But that could be about to change if a crowdfunded project in Russia takes off as planned later this year.
Called the 'Mayak' or 'Beacon' project, engineers are hoping to launch a satellite that will become the brightest object in our skies, apart from the sun, thanks to a giant reflective sheet of material.