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<\/a><\/p>\nHappy ESEO students and AMSAT-UK members<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
ESA reports<\/a> the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO) has concluded its test campaign. The ESEO student teams gathered in the Netherlands, October 18, 2018 for a last precious lesson before the satellite is launched<\/p>\n ESEO satellite in the anechoic chamber at the ESTEC test facilities, in the Netherlands<\/p>\n<\/div>\n ESEO carries an amateur radio 1260 to 145 MHz FM transponder and a\u00a01k2 and 4k8 BPSK telemetry beacon developed by AMSAT-UK members.<\/p>\n The satellite has been at ESA\u2019s ESTEC test facilities, in the Netherlands, where it completed the last steps of a thorough satellite test campaign which had started in August 2018 at SITAEL\u2019s facility in Mola di Bari, Italy.<\/p>\n Learning by doing has already proven an amazing experience for the ten university student teams from different European universities who have designed and built the instruments and several key subsystems of the ESEO satellite.<\/p>\n On October 18, at a dedicated workshop, the ESEO students had the additional chance to hear first-hand what it takes to run a satellite test campaign \u2013 trouble shooting included!<\/p>\n \u201cIn the space sector no satellite could ever be launched without a thorough tests campaign\u201d, said Piero Galeone, coordinating the ESA Academy programme of which ESEO is a part. \u201cThe reason is that \u2013 as perfect as your satellite design and manufacturing process can be \u2013 the devil always hides in the details. If there is anything to be fixed, you want to know it and correct it before the satellite flies on its orbit hundreds kilometres from the surface of the Earth, beyond the reach of any engineer\u2019s hands\u201d.<\/p>\n Read the full ESA story at Get The Details…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n m5aka<\/p>\n AMSAT-UK<\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Happy ESEO students and AMSAT-UK members<\/p>\n ESA reports<\/a> the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO) has concluded its test campaign. The ESEO student teams gathered in the Netherlands, October 18, 2018 for a last precious lesson before the satellite is launched<\/p>\n ESEO satellite in the anechoic chamber at the ESTEC test facilities, in the Netherlands<\/p>\n ESEO carries an amateur radio \u2026 Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.esa.int\/Education\/ESEO\/Learning_from_real-life_experience_-_ESEO_s_educational_story_continues<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\nESEO\u2019s Educational Story Continues<\/h2>\n
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