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Watch live: Ireland's first-ever satellite blasts off into space from California
Watch live: Ireland's first-ever satellite blasts off into space from California
Once EIRSAT-1 reaches space, it will carry out three experiments into space and report data back to a command centre on the UCD campus

Fri, 01 Dec, 2023

Ireland counting down to its first satellite launch in 2023
Ireland counting down to its first satellite launch in 2023
Eirsat-1, developed and built by the UCD School of Physics, will be launched in the next few months by the European Space Agency

Tue, 04 Oct, 2022

NASA Space Telescope
Leo Enright: Ireland's long and eminent role in space discovery
A spaceport at Shannon Airport? It's not as wild an idea as you'd think and is certainly not the country's first foray into space, writes Leo Enright

Sat, 16 Jul, 2022

First Irish satellite one giant leap closer to space odyssey
First Irish satellite one giant leap closer to space odyssey

No bigger than a shoebox but with outsize potential, Ireland’s first satellite has made a giant leap in its development after successfully completing the first phase of a European Space Agency (ESA) review.

Tue, 25 Sep, 2018

First Irish satellite to be launched in space
First Irish satellite to be launched in space

Ireland is boldly going where it has never gone before by preparing to launch its very first satellite in space.

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