[Cuis] First Satellogic launch

[Juan Vuletich]

Hi Folks,

Early this morning, with Satellogic, we successfully launched "Captain 
Beto" (a.k.a. CubeBug-1), the first Argentine CubeSat. The objective of 
this first mission is technology demonstration, and testing of several 
electronic and mechanical system. This is the result of two years of 
work. All the technology development, design and build was done by us in 
Argentina.

Launch was done at China, together with Chinese, Equatorian and Turk 
satellites.

Our sat is now in orbit, 400 miles high. Speed is about 17,000 miles per 
hour. The satellite is operative, and we confirmed that energy and 
communications systems work properly.

You can follow it live at http://satellogic.com/cubemap/ . If you have 
access to ham radio equipment, you can listen to it. Orbital and 
communications data at http://1.cubebug.org/orbit .

Some news on the media:
http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/sociedad/3-218803-2013-04-26.html
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1576327-lanzaron-con-exito-un-nano-satelite-argentino
http://www.mincyt.gov.ar/noticias/noticias_detalles.php?id_noticia=1314
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/04/china-back-in-action-long-march-2d-gaofen-1/

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich