Title :
The undergraduate satellite design, fabrication, launch and operations program at the United States Air Force Academy
Author :
Cinar, C. I C Emrah ; Lokcu, C. I C Alper
Abstract :
The Space Systems Research Center at the United States Air Force Academy is building a cadre of space professionals "one cadet at a time". Cadets majoring in Astronautical Engineering and Space Operations participate in a two-semester capstone program in the design, fabrication, testing and launch of a sounding rocket (the FalconLAUNCH program), or of a satellite in space (the FalconSAT program). This paper will discuss the FalconSAT program only. Cadets currently involved in the FalconSAT program are working on FalconSAT-2 and FalconSAT-3.
Keywords :
aerospace industry; artificial satellites; design; educational courses; FalconSAT program; Space Systems Research Center; United States Air Force Academy; launch program; operations program; satellite fabrication; two-semester capstone program; undergraduate satellite design; Atmosphere; Earth; Electrons; Electrostatic analysis; Fabrication; Ionosphere; Plasma density; Plasma waves; Satellites; Space shuttles;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Space Technologies, 2005. RAST 2005. Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8977-8
DOI :
10.1109/RAST.2005.1512694
