An Estonian student satellite, called ESTCube-2, was on 9 October transported to orbit onboard the European Space Agency’s Vega launcher.
The Vega launcher, carrying 10 satellites, including the Estonian ESTCube-2 student satellite, took off towards the orbit from French Guiana at 4:36 AM on 9 October. Researchers at the Tartu Observatory of the University of Tartu were up all night in anticipation of the launch and connected to the launch location via video bridge, BNS reported.
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Satellite ESTCube-2 is the successor of the first Estonian satellite, ESCube-1, which was launched into space in 2013 and performed a two-year mission in orbit; the successful launch of the ESTCube-1 made Estonia a space nation.
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