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Three Corner Satellite
Successfully Attached to DemoSat
The Three Corner Satellite developed jointly by NMSU,
Arizona State and the University of Colorado has now been successfully
attached to DemoSat scheduled to be launched this coming fall
(see picture).
Visit the Goddard Annex at New Mexico State University to see the radio
satellite that has rocked the satellite community!! Click on
star below to see map of facility.
**AFRL excerpt,
from the press release on the Nanosat Program:
"When it comes to predicting the future of satellite
technology, the crystal ball is pretty clear: "Smaller is
better." Not necessarily the words everyone wants to hear,
but certainly the sentiment expressed by many of today's top
spacecraft designers. "
"And if Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) hopes here are realized, very small
satellites known as microsatellites or nanosatellites may soon
be the norm for space experiments, technology demonstrations,
and, ultimately, everyday operational systems used by the military,
NASA, and industry," said Jeff Ganley, manager of AFRL's
University Nanosat Program."
"Enabled through the advances of miniaturization, commercial
and military microsatellites bode well for the coming century
for several reasons. They can be more easily and more cheaply
manufactured in greater numbers to reap "economy of scale"
benefits. Because they have less mass and are much lighter, launch
costs drop off sharply by using smaller launch vehicles to carry
more payload into orbit. And with launch costs now costs running
about $10,000.00 for every pound, any way to cut the cost of
access to space is a boon."
"Smaller is Better!!"
(Photo
curtsey of AFRL news release.)
Click the link above to read all about it!!
Let's put it together!!
(Click
here to view photo.)
(Photo curtsey of Larry Alvarez, Technical
Assistant on the Nanosat Project.)
Arizona State University, Universsity of Colorado
in Boulder, and New Mexico State University students and technical
staff, assemble the Nano-Sat Stack, (satellite) on February 16,
2002.
IFT Awards Grant of
$30,000 for Capstone Development
The International Foundation
for Telemetering has given a grant of $30,000.00 to New Mexico
State University to support capstone laboratory development for
students in the Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
This support is the third year of this grant which now totals
$90,000.00 to NMSU. The funding supports acquisition of electronic
and mechanical parts, computer support, and software support
for student design projects. Additionally, the funding provides
for a graduate teaching assistant for the design class. The primary
project supported by this funding is for the students to design
and operate robots that play one-on-one soccer. The grant was
obtained by Dr. Stephen Horan who is the instructor for the robot
soccer design class. |