Politicians and astronomers have welcomed the successful launch of Croatia’s first-ever space satellite, CroCube, which was launched from
the United States on 21. December. 2024.
Crocube will photograph the Earth from its 510 km orbit and conduct scientific measurements on which future Croatian space companies can
base commercial projects
The satellite is a 1U cube model (1U = 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm) with a total weight of about 1.1 kg, equipped with two cameras and a radio
amateur transceiver.
After two delays, at 12:34 local time, the first Croatian satellite was launched into Earths orbit aboard the Falcon nine space ship owned by
Elon Musks SpaceX Company, from a base in California.Croatia has now joined the list of European countries with its own satellite in space.
The CroCube satellite will photograph the Earth for two years and conduct scientific measurements at an altitude of 510 kilometers.