YPSat-1 was a payload launched on the inaugural flight of the European rocketAriane 6 in July 2024 in order to monitor the rocket's flight and operations with cameras and a magnetic field sensor.[1][2][3][4] YPSat-1 was developed as avolunteer project by a group ofyoung professionals from theEuropean Space Agency (ESA), and so its purpose was not only technological but also educational.[5] The instrument, designed to stay attached to the rocket's second stage, successfully recorded images and videos from key phases of the flight, includingfairing separation and deployment of satellites, and transmitted them to Earth.[6][7][8][9] ESA is developing a similar projectYPSat-2 for the first flight of its uncrewed spaceplaneSpace Rider in 2027.[10][11]
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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