{"id":1413,"date":"2013-03-29T02:16:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T02:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2013-03-29T02:16:08","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T02:16:08","slug":"estcube-1-estonian-student-satellite-to-test-e-sail-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1413","title":{"rendered":"ESTCube-1 Estonian student satellite to test e-Sail concept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ut.ee\/estonian-student-satellite-estcube-1-set-for-launch\/\" target=\"_d\">Estonian Student Satellite ESTCube-1<\/a> will test a new type of conducting space tether to test the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electric-sailing.fi\/\" target=\"_blank\">electric solar wind sail concept<\/a> (e-Sail) developed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.fmi.fi\/~pjanhune\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pekka Janhunen<\/a> of Finland: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/science\/article\/2013-03\/european-space-agency-debuts-snap-proof-space-tether\" target=\"_d\">The European Space Agency Has Made A Snap-Proof Super-Thin Space Tether &#8211; Popular Science<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/54556598?color=01AAEA\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Estonian Student Satellite ESTCube-1 will test a new type of conducting space tether to test the electric solar wind sail concept (e-Sail) developed by Pekka Janhunen of Finland: The European Space Agency Has Made A Snap-Proof Super-Thin Space Tether &#8211; Popular Science<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amateurstudent-satellite","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-mN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2084,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2084","url_meta":{"origin":1413,"position":0},"title":"More about ESTCube and the electric space sail","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a report on the Estonian cubesat project ESTCube, which will test the E-sail propulsion concept from Pekka Janhunen of Finland: Electric Space Sail to Get Its First Test - IEEE Spectrum.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Amateur\/Student Satellite&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Amateur\/Student Satellite","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2196,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2196","url_meta":{"origin":1413,"position":1},"title":"ESTCube, now in orbit, to test E-Sail propulsion","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Estonian student Cubesat project ESTCube successfully reached orbit via a Vega rocket this week: Space country Estonia: satellite ESTCube-1 was launched to orbit and said hello from the space! 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