The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced Friday that a nanosatellite designed by UH students is one of 33 selected to fly on NASA missions planned during 2013 and 2014.
This is the second year in a row that NASA has selected a nanosatellite from the UH Mnoa College of Engineering’s Small-Satellite Program.
The first CubeSat, which was selected last year and is manifested for an upcoming NASA launch, is intended to be a demonstration mission lasting less than a year. The second CubeSat is intended to incorporate lessons learned from the first mission, and placed in longer-lasting orbit.
NASA received 43 proposals for its CubeSat Launch Initiative for this year’s competition. This launch opportunity marks the latest success of the UH Manoa Small-Satellite Program, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. More than 200 students have participated in the program since 2001. The students have written proposals resulting in over $1 million in extramural funding and four launches, contributed to numerous publications including the first book on educational CubeSats, and pursued advanced degrees and careers in the space industry.
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