FalconSAT - Wikipedia
FalconSAT is the United States Air Force Academy 's (USAFA) small satellite engineering program. Satellites are designed, built, tested, and operated by Academy cadets. The project …
FalconSAT Program - U.S. Air Force Academy News
The U.S. Air Force Academy FalconSAT program provides cadets an opportunity to design, analyze, build, test and operate small satellites to conduct Department of Defense space …
FalconSAT-8 Ready to Catch a Ride - USAFA
USAFA’s FalconSAT-8 satellite is among the experimental payloads hitching a ride on a United Launch Alliance rocket. UPDATE: Launch time was scheduled for 8:24 a.m. Eastern Time on …
Cadet-built satellite launches into space - United States Air Force …
In the U.S. Air Force Academy Department of Astronautics FalconSAT program, cadets learn space by doing space through real-world satellite development and operations. Cadets design, …
Space Systems Research Center - United States Air Force Academy
The Space Systems Research Center (SSRC) is the home of the FalconSAT program, which provides cadets the opportunity to learn space by doing space. The initial concept for what …
‘Extraordinarily Special’ Satellite Built by Cadets Launches into Orbit
2023年11月22日 · When a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Nov. 11, among the more than 100 satellites it launched into orbit was one designed, …
FalconSAT-3 – AMSAT
FalconSAT-3 was built in 2005 and 2006 by cadets and faculty in the Space Systems Research Center at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. It is the fourth in a series of …
FalconSAT builds future space leaders - United States Air Force …
2017年10月10日 · FalconSAT-8 will test advanced propulsion technologies and small payloads that will gain space flight heritage. It is scheduled to be launch-ready in late 2018. FalconSAT …
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FalconSat-3
FalconSat-3 is the 3rd in a series of United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) student-built microsatellites. Its primary mission was to test a gravity gradient boom for stabilization of the …
FalconSat-5 - eoPortal
2012年5月28日 · FalconSat-5 is a 3-axis stabilized minisatellite. The ADCS (Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem) uses 3 reactions wheels (MW-1000) and 3 torque rods …