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Signing of DISCO-2 order

The student satellite DISCO-2 is now one step further towards launch in Summer 2024. On 10 January 2023 the contract confirming the order was signed at the company Space Inventor in Aalborg.

Mads Fredslund Andersen, AU (left) and director of Space Inventor Karl Kaas sign the contract. Private Photo.
Mads Fredslund Andersen, AU (left) and director of Space Inventor Karl Kaas sign the contract. Private Photo.
DISCO-2 is a 10 x 10 x 30 cm cubesat. Illustration: Space Inventor / Ali Hamdoun / Magnus Sejer Lind
DISCO-2 is a 10 x 10 x 30 cm cubesat. Illustration: Space Inventor / Ali Hamdoun / Magnus Sejer Lind

DISCO-2 is a collaboration between the Danish universitites AU, AAU, ITU and SDU. The satellite is expected to be finished this September and it will be launched in a polar orbit during Summer 2024. Photography of especially areas in the Arctic, supporting research in climate changes is the main purpose.

DISCO-2 is a 10 x 10 x 30 cm cubesat.

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Revised 17.04.2023
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