Students' P-POD with CubSats Ready for Upcoming
Vandenberg Launch
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Roland Coelho and Ryan Nugent, aerospace engineering students at California Polytechnic State University, integrate mini research satellites, or CubeSats. into a Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployer, or PPOD, container. The PPOD and CubeSat Project were developed by California Polytechnic State University and Stanford University’s Space Systems Development Lab for use on NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite, or ELaNa missions. Each CubeSat measures about four inches cubed; about the same volume as a quart. The CubeSats weigh about 2.2 pounds, must conform to standard aerospace materials and must operate without propulsion.(U.S. Air Force photo/Jerry E. Clemens, Jr.)
by Senior Airman Steve Bauer
30th Space Wing Public Affairs
11/18/2010 - SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- On Nov. 16, aerospace engineering students at California Polytechnic State University here put the finishing touches on a project slated to carry the first education package on a NASA expendable launch vehicle (Taurus XL) scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Feb. 23, 2011.
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