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title: "Missions"
description: "Our three active missions span rocketry, high-altitude research, and CubeSat development. Each student-built mission turns a technical question into hardware, software, tests, and operations planning."
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# Missions

Our three active missions span rocketry, high-altitude research, and CubeSat development. Each student-built mission turns a technical question into hardware, software, tests, and operations planning.

[High-Altitude research  
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**BOLT**  
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High-altitude experiment: researching optical wireless links for satellite communication and power.  
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View BOLT  
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![BOLT](/images/missions/bolt/bolt-patch.svg)](/missions/bolt/)

[Rocketry  
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**Eos**  
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Rocket development: building a bi-liquid engine, vehicle and recovery, and ground systems.  
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View Eos  
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![Eos](/images/missions/eos/eos-patch.svg)](/missions/eos/)

[Satellites  
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**HANS**  
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Hamburg’s first satellite: a CubeSat for northern lights observation and radiation measurements.  
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View HANS  
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![HANS](/images/missions/hans/hans-patch.svg)](/missions/hans/)

Mission workflow

## From idea to flight operations

How we progress through design, prototypes, testing, and documentation in our aerospace projects.

Step 1

### Mission scope

Define mission objectives, requirements, and system architecture while evaluating technical risks and constraints.

Step 2

### Development and testing

Design, manufacture, integrate, and test subsystems to verify performance before flight.

Step 3

### Operations

Conduct system tests, launch or flight operations, analyze results, and document lessons learned for future teams.

Join a mission

## Mission teams need many kinds of contributors

Propulsion, structures, software, electronics, simulation, manufacturing, operations, documentation, outreach, and sponsor communication all become mission-critical.

[Join Hamburg Space Team](/join/)