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    ESTCube-1 is the first Estonian satellite and first satellite in the world to attempt to use an electric solar wind sail (E-sail). It was launched on...
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    ESTCube-2 was a three-unit (1 U standard dimension 100x100x113.5 mm) CubeSat built by the Estonian Student Satellite Foundation. ESTCube-2 launched from...
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    On 7 May 2013 ESTCube-1 was launched by a Vega rocket. Its mission was officially ended on 17 February 2015. On 9 October 2023 ESTCube-2 was launched...
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    Space tether missions (redirect from TSS-1)
    measurements suggest that the tether deployed to a length of about 30 meters. ESTCube-1 was an Estonian mission to test an electric sail in orbit, launched in...
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    of the electric sail in low Earth orbit in the Estonian nanosatellite ESTCube-1 (2013-2015), but there was a technical failure and the attempt was unsuccessful...
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  • 02:06:31 UTC on 7 May 2013 together with the PROBA-V and ESTCube-1 satellites. "VNREDSAT 1 Satellite details 2013-021B NORAD 39160". N2YO. 25 January...
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    Estonia (redirect from ISO 3166-1:EE)
    mission and the successful launches of research satellites ESTCube-1 in 2013 and ESTCube-2 in 2023. Estonia is the first state to sponsor personal genetic...
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    TinyOS Alliance. TinyOS has been used in space, being implemented in ESTCube-1. TinyOS applications are written in the programming language nesC, a dialect...
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    fermentum bacterium, allowing its use in the food industry. Student satellite ESTCube-1, developed collectively by UT staff and students, and successfully deployed...
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    Quality Innovation Prize among Potential innovations. It was tested in ESTCube-1 satellite. The number of full-time staff of the Finnish Meteorological...
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    CubeSat (section Artemis 1)
    propellant, which is restricted by the CubeSat Design Specification. The ESTCube-1 used an electric solar-wind sail, which relies on an electromagnetic field...
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  • the Vietnamese VNREDSat 1A satellite, and Estonia's first satellite, ESTCube-1. The launch will mark the first test of the new Vespa dual-payload adapter;...
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    Launch Sites at the Guiana Space Centre 4km 2.5miles 7 6 5 4 3 2 1     ELV (French: Ensemble de Lancement Vega, lit. 'Vega Launch Complex') is a launch...
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    stages; this site was built over the original launch pad for the retired Ariane 1 launcher. In September 2005, the successful completion of key tests on the...
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  • Perry, Robert (October 1973). A History of Satellite Reconnaissance Volume 1 - Corona. National Reconnaissance Office. p. 89.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint:...
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    Development activity in the 1–50 kg (2.2–110.2 lb) range has been significantly exceeding that in the 50–100 kg (110–220 lb) range. In the 1–50 kg range alone,...
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    exploitation of outer space. Commercial satellite use began in 1962 with Telstar 1, transmitting TV signals across the Atlantic Ocean. Syncom 3 expanded possibilities...
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  • Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 May 2013. Zak, Anatoly. "Sputnik's Mission". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 4 March 2013. "Explorer 1". Milestones of Flight. Smithsonian...
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    Science Congress, 2017. "Pekka Janhunen". 1 May 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020. "About us". 1 May 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.[dead link] "Electric Solar Wind...
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  • science in Estonia Ene Ergma - Skytte medal recipient ESTCube-1 - first Estonian satellite ESTCube-2 - planned Estonian satellite "About the Space Office"...
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  • Regulations (article 1) as follows: Radiocommunication service (article 1.19) Amateur service (article 1.56) Amateur-satellite service (article 1.57) The allocation...
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    December 2019. "ORS TECH 1". N2YO.com. Retrieved 10 December 2019. "ORS TECH 2". N2YO.com. Retrieved 10 December 2019. "PROMETHEUS 1-1". N2YO.com. Retrieved...
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    List of CubeSats (redirect from DOGE-1)
    Ecuatoriano". "ESTCube-1". Estonian Student Satellite Foundation. Retrieved December 5, 2022. Southgate Radio Amateur News, First picture from ESTCube-1 ham radio...
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    America is UTC−3.) Spaceflight portal List of Falcon 1 launches List of Electron launches Falcon 1 PSLV "Vega". ESA. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February...
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  • 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023. "Launch of KOYOH, Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstartion-3". JAXA. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023....
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  • effect on January 1, 2024. This made Estonia the first Baltic and former USSR country to do so. 9 October - Estonian satellite ESTCube-2 was launched from...
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  • Laeva (over 23,000 euros raised in three stages) Student satellite project ESTCube-2 (raised 38,743 euros out of the 30,000 target) Crustum Bakery in Tallinn...
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