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Estonian CubeSat Flies on VV23 Mission

Spacecraft Largely Designed by Undergraduate University Students

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Tom Patton
Oct 05, 2023
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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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