At 22:05, the MH-1 nanosatellite integrated into the Eros mission was launched from the Space X base in Vandenberg, USA.
It is the second Portuguese satellite launched after PoSat-1, which entered orbit in September 1993 and was deactivated ten years later.
The project began in 2020 and involved a national consortium of several companies and academic institutions.
The consortium is led by Thales Edisoft Portugal.
MH-1’s mission is to observe the oceans. Communication and collection of images and data will be carried out from the Santa Maria teleport in the Azores.
The lift-off of the 4.5-kilogram rocket was watched enthusiastically by hundreds of people gathered at the CEiiA engineering center in Matosinhos, where they heard cheers and applause at the success of Portugal’s second satellite – the first to be designed, built and operated in Portugal.
According to the national consortium of companies and academic institutions that developed the project, the plant was named “MH-1” in honor of Manuel Heitor, the former minister of science, technology and higher education, who, while in office, was one of the initiators of the project. built and operates the satellite.
Author: Ana Ines Baptista This Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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