ARLA/CLUSTER: NASA lançou novo satelite australiano de amador ao fim de 15 anos

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Satellites built by Universities launched into space by NASA

The first Australian-built satellites in 15 years have been launched
into space by NASA after being developed by Australian universities

One of the miniaturised satellites was built over four years by about
50 University of Adelaide (UOA) staff and students.

Paul ex VK5FPAU who now lives in the USA and sent WIA News this story
says it is one of three "nanosatellites" developed in Australia as
part of a research project involving Australian universities under the
European-funded project, QB50 — an international network of 50
CubeSats.

Lifting off from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday they are part of the
initial 28-satellite strong QB50 mission of CubeSats involving 27
countries.

They will play a key role in investigating the thermosphere — a layer
of atmosphere from about 95 kilometres to 500 kilometres from the
Earth's surface — with the aim of increasing understanding of climate
and weather modelling.

Australian universities in Sydney, Canberra as well as South Australia
had their satellites rocketed for deployment from the International
Space Station and should be deployed in May and June.

(vk3pc and vk5fpau)