The ION SCV-011 spacecraft carrying the BME satellite successfully separated from the main rocket in the eightieth minute of its ascent.

Once in orbit, MRC-100 will use solar panels to recharge its battery within 7-14 days and then it will start broadcasting, with reception and control at the ground stations on the roof of the BME E building and in Érd, outside Budapest.

MRC-100, which measures electromagnetic pollution, is the result of three years of joint work of the BME Broadband Communications and Electrical Engineering Department’s teachers, researchers and students, and was named in honour of the University Radio Club (MRC) which will be 100 years old in 2024.

The University of Szeged, Széchenyi István University of Győr and the University of Debrecen also participated in the collaboration.

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