{"id":2196,"date":"2013-05-09T16:09:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T16:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2196"},"modified":"2013-05-09T16:09:26","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T16:09:26","slug":"estcube-now-in-orbit-to-test-e-sail-propulsion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2196","title":{"rendered":"ESTCube, now in orbit, to test E-Sail propulsion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Estonian student Cubesat project <a href=\"http:\/\/www.estcube.eu\/\" target=\"_d\">ESTCube<\/a> successfully reached orbit via a Vega rocket this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/baltic-review.com\/2013\/05\/space-country-estonia-satellite-estcube-1-was-launched-to-orbit-and-said-hello-from-the-space\/\" target=\"_d\">Space country Estonia: satellite ESTCube-1 was launched to orbit and said hello from the space! &#8211; Baltic Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceflightnow.com\/vega\/vv02\/130507launch\/\" target=\"_d\">Vega Launch Report | Europe&#8217;s Vega launcher succeeds on second launch &#8211; SpaceflightNow.com <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Paul Gilster writes about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electric-sailing.fi\/\" target=\"_d\">E-sail<\/a> propulsion concept, developed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.fmi.fi\/%7Epjanhune\">Pekka Janhunen<\/a> of Finland, which will be tested by ESTCube: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centauri-dreams.org\/?p=27513&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+centauri-dreams%2Feepu+%28Centauri+Dreams%29\" target=\"_d\">To Ride the Solar Wind<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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! &#8211; Baltic Review Vega Launch Report | Europe&#8217;s Vega launcher succeeds on second launch &#8211; SpaceflightNow.com Paul Gilster writes about the E-sail propulsion concept, developed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2196\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ESTCube, now in orbit, to test E-Sail propulsion<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/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-2196","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-zq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1673,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1673","url_meta":{"origin":2196,"position":0},"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 &quot;Amateur\/Student Satellite&quot;","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":2084,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2084","url_meta":{"origin":2196,"position":1},"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":1773,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1773","url_meta":{"origin":2196,"position":2},"title":"AMSAT &#038; ISS amateur radio news","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 21, 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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