SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has launched the Transporter 8 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California (USA) with BME’s MRC-100 satellite on board. A live recording of the launch can be viewed on the SpaceX website and video sharing sites.
At 01:20:16 minutes after the rocket’s lift-off, the ION SCV-011 satellite carrier vehicle, developed by the Italian company D-Orbit and carrying our satellite, was successfully detached from the payload. It is due to deploy BME’s fifth small satellite to orbit in 7 days at the earliest.
So far, all of BME’s PocketQube category satellite missions have been successfully completed. Budapest University of Technology and Economics has been involved in activities related to space research and technology for decades, in which the development and launch of the MRC-100 represent another important milestone. Led by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, in cooperation with the Faculties of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, as well as the Faculty of Natural Sciences, it has also set up a unique Master's programme in aerospace engineering in 2022.
Read more about the rocket launch HERE!