The miniature cube satellite, named EIRSAT-1, was deployed at 8pm this evening at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket. The satellite was student-built at University College Dublin under the guidance of European Space Agency (ESA). Please review your details and accept them to load the contentProf Hanlon said they will use the satellite for research and training. “We look forward to continuing to train and develop space expertise to support research and industry in Ireland. “By joining the scientific expertise here at University College Dublin together with the ESA’s expertise in the building and testing of satellites and space systems, Ireland’s first satellite EIRSAT-1 has now successfully launched into space and reached its orbit around the earth,” she added.

Source: Irish Independent December 02, 2023 11:06 UTC