Terran Orbital (NYSE:LLAP) Corporation has announced the successful launch of a satellite created with the help of Tyvak International, the company’s Italian subsidiary, which is carrying Pope Francis’s iconic “Statis Orbis” coronavirus pandemic prayer.
The satellite products manufacturer said the Polytechnic University of Turin (PoliTO) CubeSat Team and DIANA Robotics Team designed the 3U CubeSat spacecraft for the papal Spei Satelles, or Satellites of Hope space mission, which was launched into space on Monday from the Vandenberg Air Force in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
“We’ve encouraged the passion and dedication of a new generation of space enthusiasts, while spreading a message of unity and hope,” Tyvak International CEO Fabio Nichele said in a statement.
Terran Orbital (NYSE:LLAP) noted that Tyvak International’s technical team supervised and supported the Turin students’ six-month project to develop the satellite, which will operate from Low Earth Orbit.
The company added that the Spei Satelles hold a nanobook containing images and readings associated with Pope Francis’s famous March 27, 2020 public prayer, in which he encouraged the world to stay strong while calling for humanity to unite to fight the pandemic with “the strength of faith, which frees us from fear and gives us hope.”
The mission will transmit Pope Francis’s messages of hope and unity in 437.5 megahertz (MHz), an ultra-high frequency (UHF) amateur satellite band, during the satellite’s stay in sun-synchronous orbit 525 kilometers above Earth, Terran Orbital said.
Terran Orbital is a leading manufacturer of satellite products primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries.
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