{"id":199,"date":"2025-11-16T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/esailors\/?p=199"},"modified":"2025-11-26T15:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:24:00","slug":"e-sailors-member-ivo-muursepp-speaks-on-vikerraadios-labor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/esailors\/e-sailors-member-ivo-muursepp-speaks-on-vikerraadios-labor\/","title":{"rendered":"E-Sailors Member Ivo M\u00fc\u00fcrsepp Speaks on Vikerraadio\u2019s \u201cLabor\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/vikerraadio.err.ee\/1609846207\/labor-taispurjes-kuu-juurest-pagema\/8fe525d7aefde25d3659bfa4f811a9b9\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/vikerraadio.err.ee\/1609846207\/labor-taispurjes-kuu-juurest-pagema\/8fe525d7aefde25d3659bfa4f811a9b9\">External link<\/a>) \/ 16.11.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ivo M\u00fc\u00fcrsepp, member of the E-Sailors team, joined Vikerraadio\u2019s science program <em>Labor<\/em> to talk about ESTCube-LuNa, the newest satellite developed by Estonian researchers and students. He described the mission\u2019s bold concept \u2013<em> \u201cto hoist full sails and escape away from the Moon\u201d<\/em> \u2013 highlighting the satellite\u2019s experimental propulsion approach. M\u00fc\u00fcrsepp also explained how the team plans to maintain reliable communication with the craft and monitor its exact position throughout its journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/953\/3089937h3341t69-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/953\/3089937h3341t69-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/953\/3089937h3341t69-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/953\/3089937h3341t69-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/953\/3089937h3341t69-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/953\/3089937h3341t69.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the interview, he emphasized the technical challenges of deep-space tracking and the importance of precision in coordinating ground-station operations. The project showcases Estonia\u2019s growing expertise in space technology and offers students hands-on experience with real orbital missions. M\u00fc\u00fcrsepp noted that ESTCube-LuNa will help pave the way for future research into electric-sail propulsion and long-distance spaceflight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to what Ivo M\u00fc\u00fcrsepp talked about here (in Estonian) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/vikerraadio.err.ee\/1609846207\/labor-taispurjes-kuu-juurest-pagema\/8fe525d7aefde25d3659bfa4f811a9b9\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/vikerraadio.err.ee\/1609846207\/labor-taispurjes-kuu-juurest-pagema\/8fe525d7aefde25d3659bfa4f811a9b9\">Radio broadcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picture: Priit Ennet \/ ERR<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(External link) \/ 16.11.2025 Ivo M\u00fc\u00fcrsepp, member of the E-Sailors team, joined Vikerraadio\u2019s science program Labor to talk about ESTCube-LuNa, the newest satellite developed by Estonian researchers and students. He described the mission\u2019s bold concept \u2013 \u201cto hoist full sails &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":864,"featured_media":200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/esailors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/esailors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/esailors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/esailors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/864"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/esailors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/esailors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/esailors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions\/204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/esailors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/esailors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/esailors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/esailors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}