Spanish Space Agency INTA

Based on the Faraday effect, the Spanish Space Agency INTA (Instituto Nacional de Tdcnica Aeroespacial) launched the first nanosatellite called NANOSAT in December 2004, with a magnetic nanosensor prepared by sol-gel... 

The Spanish Space Agency INTA launched the first nanosatellite called NANO-SAT-01 (Figure 40.17) on board a European rocket Ariane 5 from the French Guyana. The sateUite consists of a hexagonal device of less than 19 kg in weight and with a diameter of about 50 cm, which describes an LEO orbit with 655 km of altitude. The main objective of the satellite is to probe the operation and performance of micro- and nanotechnologies in space environment One of the scientific experiments implemented on board was the sol-gel-based magnetic nanosensor. 

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