Ireland enters Space Age with student satellite

2023-12-02 08:24

A student-built CubeSat from UCD is launched into space, becoming Ireland's first satellite.

Ireland enters Space Age with student satellite

Researchers hope young scientists are feeling inspired after Ireland's first satellite was successfully launched into space.

Constructed by students from University College Dublin (UCD) with the support of the European Space Agency (ESA), EIRSAT-1 is a two-unit CubeSat [miniature cube satellite...