Lift-off for EIRSAT-1, Ireland's first ever satellite

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2023

Six years of hard work and dedication paid off in spectacular fashion today, as the Educational Irish Research Satellite, EIRSAT-1, successfully blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Hitching a ride on a Space-X Falcon-9 launcher, the tiny satellite - measuring just 10.7cm x 10.7cm x 22.7cm - has now made history as Ireland's first satellite! EIRSAT-1 was designed, buil