Eirsat 1: Ireland's First Satellite
6 October 2024 - 47 mins
Podcast Series
Documentary on Newstalk
Eirsat-1: Ireland’s First Satellite is the remarkable story of a group of young Irish scientists and engineers who are determined to make Ireland a space-faring nation – by designing, building and sending Ireland’s first satellite into space.
Eirsat-1 is Ireland’s very first spacecraft, a research satellite that passes over our heads six times a day as it orbits the earth. Produced and presented by John Higgins, this moving documentary tells its story - and the incredible challenges faced and overcome by the determined group of students and staff in University College Dublin who launched it into space.
Eirsat-1: Ireland’s first satellite is produced, presented and edited by John Higgins...
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