Mission accomplished for ESA’s butane-propelled CubeSat

Monday, December 24, 2018 - 03:40 in Astronomy & Space

The cereal-box sized GomX-4B – ESA’s biggest small CubeSat yet flown – has completed its mission for the Agency, testing out new miniaturised technologies including: intersatellite link communication with its GomX-4A twin, a hyperspectral imager, star tracker and butane-based propulsion system.

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