ESTCube-1

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Estonia is now the 41st nation in outer space:

Politics this week | The Economist

http://www.economist.com/news/world-week/21577436-politics-week

Space country Estonia: satellite ESTCube-1 was launched to orbit and said
hello from the space! | University of Tartu

http://www.ut.ee/en/news/space-country-estonia-satellite-estcube-1-was-launc
hed-orbit-and-said-hello-space

Home | ESTCube

http://www.estcube.eu/en/home


ESTCube-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESTCube-1


To: "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen, music, E.Y. Harburg, lyrics]

Judy Garland - Over The Rainbow - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HRa4X07jdE



Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high,
An Estonian satellite could be whizzing by.
University students just gave birth,
To a ten centimeter cube that can orbit earth.

They put a Finnish solar sail,
Aloft within a solar hail of protons.
An orbiter with tether out,
Electric solar weather scout--no need for photons.

Somewhere up there, the satellite may slow,
Using plasma to brake, so it can return below.

If plasma works like retro burn,
More smaller satellites can then return.

[Kay Shapero]

In article <knc2ou$2hm$1...@reader1.panix.com>, jgou...@panix.com says...

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> Estonia is now the 41st nation in outer space:

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> ESTCube-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESTCube-1
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> To: "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen, music, E.Y. Harburg, lyrics]
>
> Judy Garland - Over The Rainbow - YouTube
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HRa4X07jdE
>
>
>
> Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high,
> An Estonian satellite could be whizzing by.
> University students just gave birth,
> To a ten centimeter cube that can orbit earth.

Cool, both the song and the event!


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