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Polytech Universe is growing: our 6th satellite is in orbit! 🛰 Great news from the final frontier! The Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of SPbPU, together with the Special Technology Center (STC), has successfully launched a new nanosatellite. The PU-6 CubeSat (16U format) blasted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz-2.1b rocket. A few hours after launch, our ground control station established contact with the satellite, and testing of all its systems has begun. Its "superpowers" for science include: 📡 Monitoring radio-frequency emissions 🛳 Receiving AIS data from ships 📡 Testing new high-speed inter-satellite communication tech 📍 Advanced geolocation tasks The data it collects will also be used in our educational programs, giving students hands-on experience with real space missions.