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Der deutsche Ingenieur Patrick Oppel mit dem restichen Team und dem Waratah Seed-1-Satelliten. Credit: Supplied / waratahseed.space
Australian team wins Small Satellite Mission of the Year Award
Der Waratah Seed-1-Satellit und die CUAVA-Center-Ingenieure Xueliang Bai und Patrick Oppel Credit: Supplied / waratahseed.space
With its CubeSat “Waratah Seed 1”, an Australian space team won the international prize for the best satellite mission of the year — competing against heavyweights such as NASA and ESA. The satellite, barely bigger than a shoe box, carried nine experiments into space and impressively proved that Australia can play an important role in the global “New Space” race.
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