The HYPSO-1 satellite, the first research satellite from the NTNU SmallSat Lab, is launching today, Thursday 13.01.22, at 10:25 EST (16:25 CET, Norwegian time) with SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-3 from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida, USA. 
 
[LIVE!] Watch SpaceX Falcon 9 launch with NanoAvionics - YouTube - from 4:00 p.m. 
 
Two of the people involved in the project, Sivert Bakken and Roger Birkeland, will also be interviewed about the HYPSO-1 mission on this stream.
 
The satellite’s mission is to observe algal bloom and ocean colors using a hyperspectral imager. Over 100 people has taken part in this multidisciplinary project: Students, professors and PhD candidates from four different faculties at NTNU. The project is a part of the Center of Excellence NTNU AMOS and is hosted by the Department of Electronic Systems.
 
Read more in the press release here (English)
 
With comments from project manager Evelyn Honoré-Livermore, Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, and Rector Anne Borg.