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    Space Weather Focused ELaNa CubeSat Deploys from Cygnus Spacecraft

    The Cygnus space freighter from Northrop Grumman is pictured moments after its capture with the Canadarm2 robotic arm.

    The sole CubeSat of the 33rd Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission was deployed into space at 6:50 p.m. EDT June 29 from Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft hours following its departure from the International Space Station. The CubeSat, Ionosphere-Thermosphere Scanning Photometer for Ion-Neutral Studies (IT-SPINS), was stowed within the Nanoracks CubeSat Deployer (eNRCSD) mounted on …

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