Ørsted (satellite)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ørsted is Denmark''s first satellite, named after Hans Christian Ørsted (1777 1851) a Danish physicist and professor at the University of Copenhagen. It is in an almost sun synchronous Low Earth orbit. After more than ten years in orbit, the Ørsted satellite is still operational, and continues to downlink accurate measurements of the Earth''s magnetic field. Ørsted was constructed by a team of Danish space companies, of which CRI was prime contractor. CRI was acquired by Terma A/S before Ørsted was launched, and the daily operations are being run as a teamwork between Terma A/S and the Danish Meteorological Institute.... Mehr