We firstly ventured into space on board Infinite Blue, the sixth mission of D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier (ION) (https://www.dorbit.space/infinite-blue-may-2022), launched on May 25, 2022 at 14:35:41 EDT (20:25:41 CEST) from the Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida, aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission.
Our test in space is taking place in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano (a top-ranked Italian university, positioned 9th worldwide in the specific subject Engineering – Mechanical according to QS World University Rankings), Department of Aerospace Science and Technology.