Estonian CubeSat Flies on VV23 Mission
Spacecraft Largely Designed by Undergraduate University Students
Estonia’s next satellite is scheduled to aboard Europe’s Vega VV23 launcher Friday evening. While largely designed and built by undergraduate students, the shoebox-sized ESTCube-2 has ambitious goals in mind, including surveys of Estonian vegetation and the first successful in-orbit demonstration of ‘plasma brake’ technology. Deployment of a charged mic…
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