CroCube, Croatia's first satellite, has successfully captured its first images of Earth, showcasing the country's coastline and neighboring Bulgaria. The mission, a collaborative effort between the Croatian Society for Education Outside the Box and Czech company Spacemanic, aims to inspire interest in space exploration and gather valuable data. Space enthusiasts can now access CroCube's images and data through a dedicated mobile app.
Croatia 's first satellite, CroCube, has captured its first images of Earth, providing a glimpse of the country's stunning coastline and neighboring Bulgaria . The 3.3 by 3.3 by 3.3 inches (10 x 10 x 10 centimeters) satellite launched to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in late December. Images released via the mission's Facebook page on January 31st show a cloud-covered outline of Croatia , famous for its crystal blue sea and scenic coast.
'Although our land is partly clouded, we have identified the outlines of land and mountain ranges through them,' the team behind the mission said in the Facebook post. 'Most importantly — Croatia is now among the countries that have their own pictures taken from orbit.' CroCube also sent home a short video and another image showing Bulgaria, which lies further to the east on the Black Sea coast. The crowd-funded mission was put together by the Croatian Society for Education Outside the Box and Czech company Spacemanic. The $124,000 project aims to encourage interest in astronomy and space in Croatia and gather data using a set of onboard sensors. Space enthusiasts will be able to interact with CroCube's data and images via a mobile app that will display freshly downloaded images. The first set of images was captured on January 28th, a little over a month after CroCube's launch. The satellite circles Earth at the altitude of 317 miles (510 kilometers) and will remain in orbit for about 5 years, gradually spiraling back toward the planet. At the end of its mission, it will burn up in Earth's atmosphere
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