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purple gloved hands hold components of a mini satellite

Voyage to the edge of space: IrishSat to launch innovative mini satellite payload on SpaceX Transporter Mission

Black, windless, silent—low earth orbit seems empty. Yet as anyone launching a satellite in this region knows, powerful, invisible forces are at work. Gravity pulls the satellite towards earth, solar radiation generates its power, and earth’s magnetic field guides its trajectory. IrishSat, …