Congratulations, UWE-4 team :-)

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This is the first time that a 1U CubeSat has activated an electric propulsion system in space! A voltage of more than 5kV has been produced on board and an emitter current of 40muA has been measured!
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[UTC:10:10:51R]
On February 26th, at 09:59:00 UTC, one of my NanoFEEP thrusters, developed by TU Dresden and Morpheus Space, was successfully ignited!
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[UTC:10:12:50R]
Primary mission: accomplished! Time to celebrate… :-)

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