Aalto-2: satellite for QB50 constellation

The Development of the satellite is in synergy with the Aalto-1 development, and most of the subsystems are manufactured in-house by undergraduate and postgraduate students. The main goal of the project is to advance space technology education and cooperation in Europe, and help to carry out the QB50 scientific mission. The main payload of the Aalto-2 satellite is Multi Needle Langmuir Probe (MnLP) measurement unit, provided by University of Oslo.

Aalto-2 was launched to ISS on 18 April 2017 and released to orbit on 25 May 2017. It deorbited on 6 February 2019.

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Project team:

Contact: Project responsible leader Jaan Praks ([email protected])
Project and quality manager: Tuomas Tikka ([email protected])
Satellite systems engineer: Nemanja Jovanovic ([email protected])
Mission manager: Bagus Riwanto ([email protected])

This project has received funding from TEKES and the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development under grant agreement no [284427] .