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Programmer installed and ran Doom on an orbiting European Space Agency satellite

Programmer installed and ran Doom on an orbiting European Space Agency satellite

Update: 2025-11-01
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In an extraordinary feat of hacking and nostalgia, a team successfully ran the classic first-person shooter Doom on a satellite in orbit during the European Space Agency's hacking challenge. Using the OPS-SAT satellite, they overcame unique challenges like lack of screen and limited coding time to blend real Earth images into the game, creating a gaming milestone that had tech enthusiasts grinning.

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Programmer installed and ran Doom on an orbiting European Space Agency satellite

Programmer installed and ran Doom on an orbiting European Space Agency satellite