NASA's FASTSAT Satellite Readies for Shipment to Alaska
06.08.10
Kim Newton
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Ala.
256-544-0034
Kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov
First Lt. Robert J. Wilcox
USAF AFSPC SDDG/SDS
702-498-0393
Robert.Wilcox@kirtland.af.mil
Image release: 10-063
› Large (2848 x 4288, 300 ppi)
› Medium (516 x 777, 72 ppi)
› Small (100 x 75, 72 ppi)
FASTSAT is a small, microsatellite class spacecraft bus that will carry six experiment payloads to low-Earth orbit. One of FASTSAT's mission objectives is to demonstrate the spacecraft's ability to eject a nanosatellite from a microsatellite while avoiding re-contact with the FASTSAT satellite bus. (NASA/MSFC/Doug Stoffer)
› Large (2373 x 2594, 300 ppi)
› Medium (516 x 564, 72 ppi)
› Small (100 x 75, 72 ppi)
NASA engineers inspect the Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology Satellite, or FASTSAT, after successfully completing a comprehensive pre-shipment review. (NASA/MSFC/Doug Stoffer)
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