[Cuis] First Satellogic launch

[Ken Dickey]

On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:48:20 -0300
Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org> wrote:


> Early this morning, with Satellogic, we successfully launched "Captain 
> Beto" (a.k.a. CubeBug-1), the first Argentine CubeSat. 
...
> 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.

So cool!!

Between the new pope and this satellite, Argentina has celestial coverage in both spiritual and extra-terrestrial realms.

Seems the place is getting more interesting all the time.  I'm going to have to start saving up for a trip.

Good on ya,
-KenD
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