EIRSAT-1, Ireland’s first satellite has been built by a team of students from University College Dublin and is officially in orbit!
This historic moment was achieved on the 1st of December 2023 after a successful liftoff, separation and connection of signal, from the EIRSAT-1 Mission Control Room in the UCD School of Physics.
EIRSAT-1 is a 2-unit CubeSat carrying three experiments, including a novel gamma ray detector that will study some of the most luminous explosions in the universe.
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