The second Young Engineers Satellite (YES2) finished testing and ...
The second Young Engineers Satellite (YES2) finished testing and is set for September launch, said the European Space Agency (ESA). “The experiment has completed an intensive verification campaign, involving vibration testing, thermal-vacuum and electromagnetic testing,” said Roger Walker, YES2…
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project manager. YES2 will test a 30 km tether, the longest deployed in space. Students from ESA member states, the U.S., Japan, Canada and Australia worked on YES2 -- 500 on the preliminary design and 60 on development and construction, ESA said.