{"id":2084,"date":"2013-05-03T06:19:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T06:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2084"},"modified":"2013-05-03T06:19:03","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T06:19:03","slug":"more-about-estcube-and-the-electric-space-sail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2084","title":{"rendered":"More about ESTCube and the electric space sail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a report on the Estonian cubesat project ESTCube<\/a>, which will test the E-sail<\/a> propulsion concept from Pekka Janhunen<\/a> of Finland: Electric Space Sail to Get Its First Test – IEEE Spectrum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.<\/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-2084","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-xC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1413,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1413","url_meta":{"origin":2084,"position":0},"title":"ESTCube-1 Estonian student satellite to test e-Sail concept","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"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 - Popular Science","rel":"","context":"In "Amateur\/Student Satellite"","block_context":{"text":"Amateur\/Student Satellite","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1673,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1673","url_meta":{"origin":2084,"position":1},"title":"ESTCube-1 and sailing the solar wind","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Jack Kennedy reports on the first Estonian satellite,the\u00a0 ESTCube-1, which was built by students to test\u00a0the electric solar wind sail concept (e-Sail) developed by Pekka Janhunen of Finland : ESTCube-1 to test novel propulsion method - Spaceports blog(See earlier report here.) http:\/\/youtu.be\/hsm-V5dccq8","rel":"","context":"In "Amateur\/Student Satellite"","block_context":{"text":"Amateur\/Student Satellite","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/hsm-V5dccq8\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2196,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2196","url_meta":{"origin":2084,"position":2},"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! - Baltic Review Vega Launch Report | Europe's Vega launcher succeeds on second launch - SpaceflightNow.com Paul Gilster writes about\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Amateur\/Student Satellite"","block_context":{"text":"Amateur\/Student Satellite","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2497,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2497","url_meta":{"origin":2084,"position":3},"title":"AMSAT & ISS amateur radio news","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS. 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