[Cuis] First Satellogic launch

[Juan Vuletich]

On 4/26/2013 8:36 PM, Ken Dickey wrote:
> 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

Please do! BTW, the week of the Smalltalks conference is the best time 
of the year to come down here.

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich