Aalto-2 launch
Aalto-2 satellite was launched successfully to ISS orbit with Cygnus cargo freighter on top of Atlas V rocket on 18 April 2017 at 18:11.
![Aalto-2 launch](/sites/g/files/flghsv161/files/styles/1_6_567w_354h_n/public/2018-05/cygnus-atlas-v-launch-liftoff_en.jpg?h=2dd4cbf3&itok=RSVvu9n8)
Aalto-2 Launch
Aalto-2 satellite was launched successfully to ISS orbit with Cygnus cargo freighter on top of Atlas V rocket on 18 April 2017 at 18:11. The satellite will arrived to ISS on Saturday 22.4.2017. The satellite was be deployed on May 25 at 11:55 CMT and the first beacond was recorded same day at 12:54 in Japan.
You can follow the mission at:
- AaltoSatellites https://twitter.com/AaltoSatellites
- QB50 twitter https://twitter.com/QB50Mission
More information about Aalto-2-satellite: Aalto-2 countdown videos (in Finnish):
![Aalto-2 / infographic 1](/sites/g/files/flghsv161/files/styles/o_914w_ah_n_nu/public/2018-05/70210qb5_en.jpg?itok=irkQSUw_)
![Aalto-2 / infographic 2](/sites/g/files/flghsv161/files/styles/o_914w_ah_n_nu/public/2018-05/launchwindow_en.png?itok=ACCmZ0Un)
![Aalto-2 / infographic 3](/sites/g/files/flghsv161/files/styles/o_914w_ah_n_nu/public/2018-05/mission_profile_en.png?itok=FtX98843)
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