Ireland’s first satellite successfully completes historic space mission
Ireland’s inaugural satellite, designed and built entirely by University College Dublin students, has successfully completed its groundbreaking Earth-orbiting mission and will de-orbit within days. EIRSAT-1, a shoebox-sized CubeSat launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base in December 2023, achieved all its scientific objectives during its operational period. The satellite’s … Read more