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The Young Professionals Satellite (YPSat) programme is an ESA initiative entirely conceived, led, and developed by Young Professionals across the Agency. Working on a voluntary basis and across all ESA establishments, disciplines, and Directorates, participants come together to design, build, and fly hardware for space.

Each YPSat mission is independently proposed and carried out by a new cohort of Young Professionals, gaining hands-on experience in real mission development, from design and integration to testing and launch. The programme fosters technical growth, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovation, while offering opportunities to engage with external partners and contribute meaningfully to ESA’s activities.

Structured to support a growing family of missions, YPSat is a modular and evolving initiative, welcoming new ideas and teams with each generation.

ESA Young Professionals Satellites
YPSat-2 Team at the Young Professional Event 2025
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YPSat Programme

16/07/2025 114 views 0 likes
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Young Professional Event 2025 ESTEC
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YPSat-2 connects at the Young Professional Event 2025

10/06/2025 516 views 2 likes
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YPSat-2 thermal sub-system team
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About YPSat-2

26/05/2025 1169 views 28 likes
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YPSat-2 Team at ESTEC during the Young Professionals Event 2024
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The Team behind YPSat-2

16/05/2025 885 views 8 likes
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YPSAT-YES2, ESA colleagues
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The YES and YES2 Projects: Fuelling Inspiration for YPSat-1

25/11/2024 694 views 2 likes
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YPSat looks back to Earth from atop Ariane 6
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YPSat-1: the view from Ariane 6

11/07/2024 8957 views 31 likes
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YPSat
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Young Professionals’ YPSat-1 headed to Ariane 6

25/04/2024 917 views 4 likes
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Complete YPSat structure ready for the End-To-End testing, including OSCAR-QUBE+ and the GENESIS-A on the side.
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YPSat-1: End to End Test

25/04/2024 396 views 1 likes
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YPSat assembly during EMC testing, including OSCAR-QUBE+ and on the right GENESIS-A
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YPSat-1: EMC Test

25/04/2024 469 views 3 likes
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ESA young professionals working on the YPsat mechanical testing
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YPSat-1: Mechanical Test

25/04/2024 222 views 0 likes
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OSCAR initiative led by a team of university students
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YPSat-1 meets OSCAR-QUBE+

02/04/2024 496 views 1 likes
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YPSat-1 camera
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Ariane 6 launches: YPSat-1 ‘the witness’

26/03/2024 3852 views 25 likes
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YPSAT and Scanway team
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Lens on Space: Scanway & YPSat-1's Collaboration

31/01/2024 399 views 1 likes
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EnduroSat engineer
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EnduroSat: Empowering space access

16/01/2024 931 views 5 likes
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AMSAT EA antenna
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AMSAT EA: Connecting to space

16/01/2024 1044 views 7 likes
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ESA Director General gets hands-on with Young Professionals…

10/08/2023 809 views 8 likes
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YPSat team preparing balloon flight
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YPSat-1 Wake-Up-System takes flight in Hungary

09/06/2023 787 views 3 likes
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YPSat presented to ESA-wide stakeholders and management
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YPSat-1 presented to ESA-wide stakeholders and management

25/04/2023 744 views 2 likes
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YPSat-1 in Mechanical Systems Lab
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Young ESA payload destined for space

27/02/2023 1885 views 28 likes
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YPSat protoflight model in the TVAC
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YPSat-1 successfully completed the initial thermal vacuum t…

24/02/2023 1089 views 7 likes
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YPSat during mechanical testing
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About YPSat-1

13/12/2022 9300 views 44 likes
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YPSat structure
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YPSat-1 passes first Mechanical Qualification Campaign

03/11/2022 346 views 0 likes
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 Ariane 6, four-booster configuration (A64); artist's impression
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Payload on Ariane 6 for the Young Professionals

10/10/2022 326 views 1 likes
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