* Astronomy

 Aausat4

The miniature Aausat satellite undergoes repeated temperature variations in a vacuum chamber, cooling the CubeSat to ~10°C and heating it to +45°C for more than two weeks. This harsh baptism will make sure that it can cope with the conditions in space.
Aausat is a 10x10x10 cm satellite designed and built by students of the Aalborg University in Denmark. As part of ESA education's Fly Your Satellite! programme, the satellite will be sent into space and the students are have the chance to test it at ESA's technical heart, ESTEC, in the Netherlands.
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