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Lithuanian satellites launched
BC, Vilnius, 10.01.2014.
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Print versionThe Antares rocket carrying Lithuanian satellites Lituanica SAT-1 and LitSat-1 launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, at 20:07 Thursday, informs LETA/ELTA.
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The launch of first Lithuanian satellites was rescheduled several times due to the technical handicaps or weather conditions.
It is planned that the Lithuanian satellites will be released to the orbit after a month. Then satellite LitSat-1, assembled by Kaunas University of Technology with the assistance of the Lithuanian Space Association, will transmit the three Lithuanian words voted in by the nation.
The satellite Lituanica SAT-1 was assembled by Vilnius University.
The satellite will spend more than 6 months travelling in 400 kilometres height and at the speed of 8 kilometres per second.
The launch of satellites Lituanica SAT-1 and LitSar-1 was broadcasted live in Lithuania.
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