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Spaceflight heritage


On the 23rd of Janyary 2009, Ã…AC Microtec became the first Swedish Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) company to successfully launch and operate advanced propritary MEMS components in space.

You can find more details on Ã…AC spaceflight heritage to the left.

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This picture is courtesy of JAXA. It shows the separation ring of the main payload, the satellite IBUKI. Ã…AC's TAMU payload is included in Sprite-Sat which was built by Tohoku University and can be seen in the picture as the boxed shape satellite to the right in the picture.