2004 · 11 citations · 2 references
EngineeringAerospace EngineeringElectrical EngineeringAntennasMicrowave EngineeringSpacecraft DesignAntenna DesignMicrowave AntennasSmall AntennasSmall Satellite DesignCubesat ArchitectureSatellite Antenna DesignSatellite Communication LinksUndergraduate Curriculum
In the spring of 2003, the University of Hawaii (UH) began participation in the University NanoSat Program, a multi-university effort sponsored by NASA and the USA Air Force Research Laboratories to encourage small-satellite research and development. Undergraduate engineering students at UH have been involved in small-satellite development for the past two years, particularly for a class of picosatellites known as CubeSat, which has a mass no greater than 1 kg and a volume of 1000 cm/sup 3/.
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