On 3 December 2018 at 7:32 pm, the second student-built satellite from the Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) was launched into orbit. The launch of PW-Sat3 is scheduled for 2023. During its mission, it carried out all planned experiments, including the most important one, i.e. a successful test of the innovative deorbit sail. We are currently waiting for the deorbiting of PW-Sat2 and the launch of its successor, i.e. PW-Sat3.

The team from the Astronautic Student Research Group at the WUT Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering worked on PW-Sat2 for almost six years.

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