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Elon Musk sends the TU Dresden satellite into space

After the launch in Cape Canaveral was actually planned for yesterday, a Space X rocket from Elon Musk is supposed to bring a nano-satellite from TU Dresden into space today. As the Uni as an update announced on their website, January 23rd is the earliest start date.

The satellite did several experiments with. Among other things, he is to examine tiny substances under space conditions and test systems for converting solar heat into electricity. The two-kilogram satellite flies a little higher than the ISS and will orbit the earth so quickly that it sees sunrise and sunset 16 times a day.

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