Today, the 3U satellite SOAR was shipped of safely from GomSpace HQ in Aalborg. This marks a successfully “FAR: Flight Readiness Review”. SOAR will start it´s trip to Texas, USA to be launched in May 2021 with SpX.

The goal of the satellite is to do aerodynamic experiments. The payloads were developed by The University of Manchester and University of London. SOAR is a part of the Discoverer project and received funding from the European Union´s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.

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The Space X Dragon Cargo has safely undocked and departed from the International Space Station and is due to splashdown on 13th January 2021 in the Gulf of Mexico. On board are a variety of scientific experiments and research carried on the space station, including DISCOVERER’s materials samples, which have been on orbit for just over a year. We’re looking forward to receiving them back for further analysis in the coming months. Many thanks to the Alpha Space’s MISSE facility for enabling this research to happen.

For further information about the undocking see: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2021/01/12/cargo-dragon-undocks-from-station-and-heads-for-splashdown/

We are delighted to announce that the symposium is again planned to be a hybrid meeting: it will take place in-person at The University of Manchester, UK and will also be available live online. Online participation will be free of charge!

If you are planning to attend online, please register as soon as possible to help us with planning. Join us for this symposium from the convenience of your desk or grab one of the limited numbers of seats on-site. We also have blocked a limited number of hotels rooms at a special rate.

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