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SpIRIT of Science: University of Melbourne-Led Satellite Mission Launch Countdown Begins
October 10, 2023
MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 10 -- The University of Melbourne issued the following news:

A satellite mission led by the University of Melbourne and supported by the Australian Space Agency is beginning its journey to orbit after it passed tests to verify its performance and ensure it can stand the harsh environment of space.

The SpIRIT nanosatellite has left Australia for the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California to be blasted into orbit 550km above the Earth on a Sp . . .

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