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Sonoma State University awarded 2014 SPS Chapter Research Award

OCT 01, 2014
Sonoma State University awarded 2014 SPS Chapter Research Award

Sonoma State University awarded 2014 SPS Chapter Research Award

Zone and Chapter: Sonoma State University

Project

Project Name: Ground Station for Small Satellites

Project Leaders: Kevin Zack, Aaron Owen, Hunter Mills, Cody Ray Johnson, Ben Cunningham, & Stephen Jackowski

Chapter Advisors: Hongtao Shi, Ph.D.

Project Description: Students at Sonoma State University propose to construct a ground station to receive radio telemetry from small satellites such as SSU’s MagPocketQube, currently due to launch in late November. At SSU, the ground station will be used for undergraduate training, research, and outreach and it can also serve other universities.

Project Media:

Project Proposal (.pdf, 537 kb) Final Report (.pdf, 466 kb)