[6] Lorraine Hanlon, EIRSAT-1 Endorsing Professor, introduced the project during a panel after the Irish premiere of the film "16 Levers de Soleil" on 31 January 2019.

[7] The satellite cost €1,500,000 and is funded jointly by the ESA, the Irish Research Council, and Science Foundation Ireland.

[12] The sensor is called a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) and has been developed by SensL Ltd. in County Cork (currently part of ON Semiconductor).

The SiPM has the potential to revolutionise in-situ and remote sensing of gamma-rays in space by removing the need for conventional photomultiplier tubes that are typically very bulky, fragile and require high voltages to operate.

[9] These surface treatments have been developed for use on the ESA Solar Orbiter mission, and EIRSAT-1 will provide the opportunity for these coatings to be thermally tested.

Gamma-ray Module's second detection of a GRB was made just an hour and 19 minutes after the first one and it was a short one, a much rarer type which is likely caused by the collision of two neutron stars and the formation of a black hole.