First Internet-built student satellite successfully launched

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DATE : Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:45:00 +0100
Entered in Database : 2005-10-27 11:45:00
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SSETI Express, a low Earth orbit spacecraft designed and built by European university students under the supervision of ESA's Education Department, was successfully launched this morning at 08:52 CEST from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on a Russian Kosmos 3M launcher. At 10:29 CEST this morning, the ground control centre at the University in Aalborg (DK) received the first signals from the satellite.

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