SCOTLAND'S first satellite, designed and manufactured by pioneering Glasgow company Clyde Space, will be launched from a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket in March.
SCOTLAND'S first satellite, designed and manufactured by pioneering Glasgow company Clyde Space, will be launched from a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket in March.
MAN WITH THE POWER: Clyde Space founder and chief executive Craig Clark. Picture: Lenny Warren
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UKube-1 is undergoing final testing at Clyde Space's headquarters at the West of Scotland Science Park, before making the journey to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, probably by courier, for the launch.
The Clyde Space-built satellite or "spacecraft" last week underwent thermal vacuum testing at Astrium's facility at Stevenage in Hertfordshire. This testing, in a simulated space environment, confirmed all sub-systems and payloads performed as expected in high vacuum conditions and in extreme temperatures.
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