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Photo: Caroling Lee |
Several members of the FASTRAC student team surround the satellite they
designed and built which will be launched into space in 2006.Their
satellite design was chosen from 13 previously chosen participating
universities who worked on their designs for the last two years. Clockwise from Left: Dr. Laxminarayan Raja, Jamin Greenbaum, Dr. Greg Holt, Sam Morrison, Thomas Campbell, Millan Diaz-Aguado, Stephanie Sellers, Marcin Pilinski, Emily Burrough, Shaun Stewart, Jeffrey Mauldin, and Dr. Glenn Lightsey
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Photo: Caroling Lee |
The nano-satellite known as FASTRAC (Formation Autonomy Spacecraft with Thrust, Relnav, Attitude and Crosslink) was designed and built in the Satellite Design Lab by a group of about 25 volunteer students and three Faculty and Advisors, Dr. Glenn Lightsey, Dr. Wallace Fowler and Dr. Laxminarayan Raja. |
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Photo: Caroling Lee |
The satellite is made up of two parts which will separate once in orbit. This close-up details one part of the twin satellite. |
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Sam Morrison, an 8th grader who interned with the FASTRAC team this summer, talks with Dr. Wallace Fowler, one of the FASTRAC faculty advisors. |
