'History made' as Ireland launches first satellite

UCD president Professor Orla Feely, Laura Cotter EIRSAT-1 team member, Hugo Marée of European Space Agency, Julia O'Malley and Emma Jane Morgan, both Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment, and Padraig Doolan of Enterprise Ireland. 

Ireland has successfully launched its first satellite into space in a “remarkable first” for the country and its space sector.

EIRSAT-1 was launched this evening from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Falcon 9, a reusable rocket manufactured by the Elon Musk-founded company SpaceX.