On 1 December 2023, at 19:19 CET (18:18 GMT), Eire’s first satellite tv for pc EIRSAT-1 launched from Vandenberg Area Power Base in California, USA.
Constructed by college students at College School Dublin beneath steering of ESA’s Schooling Workplace, EIRSAT-1 is a 2-unit CubeSat carrying three experiments, together with a novel gamma ray detector that may examine a number of the most luminous explosions within the universe.
The mission has been in improvement because the group was accepted to the ESA Academy Fly Your Satellite tv for pc! programme in 2017. Over the previous six years, the scholars have labored with ESA consultants and purchased the skilled competences wanted to design and construct their satellite tv for pc. They had been accompanied by way of take a look at campaigns at ESA Schooling’s CubeSat Assist Facility in Belgium and different ESA websites, and had been provided the chance to launch their satellite tv for pc by ESA.
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