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Russian DNEPR-1 launch vehicle |
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ION satellite will be put into a polar orbit around the earth by the Russian DNEPR-1 launch vehicle with a space head module |
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Enthusiasm |
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Bill can't get enough of CubeSat |
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Hard at Work (1) |
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Hard at work, making things fit |
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Hard at Work (2) |
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Hard at Work, programming the satellite |
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Hard at Work (3) |
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Hard at work, testing the satellite. (in the vacuum chamber) |
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Fun at Work |
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Playing with Liquid Nitrogen is fun, just be responsible. Cold testing the satellite in vacuum chamber |
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IONs First Pictures |
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During testing of CMOS camera, the satellite focuses in on Mike |
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Vibration Setup |
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Preparing for vibration testing |
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CubeSat Vibrates |
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Vibration testing out-sourced. CubeSat team representatives feel the vibration test stand vibrate |
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CubeSat Representives |
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CubeSat team at vibration test |
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Lots of Power |
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Lots of power needed for this company to perform their tests. (Vibration testing) |
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Range Testing |
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Sophisticated range testing technique of driving far away form the satellite in car and then attempt to establish communication with the ground station |
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Making Solar Panels |
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Making solar panels is very delicate process, but Aaron can do it. |
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CubeSat, FINALLY |
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Finished product. The CubeSat is complete. |
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Setting up for EOH |
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Rachana Patel setting up the CubeSat Engineering Open House presentation. |
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Our First Guests |
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Some of our first guests to our exhibit |
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Giving the Presentation |
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Ranchana Patel giving the CubeSat presentation to guests. |
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Preparing for Launch |
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Rachana Patel helps a guest attach here paper CubeSat to a balloon for launch. |
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More Presentations |
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Michael Menconi giving the CubeSat presentation to guests. |
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Ground Station Testing |
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Leon and Alex track satellites during ground station tests |
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Replacement Clock Battery Search |
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Mike searches for hard-to-find clock battery replacement |
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ION in Surgery |
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Emergency surgical procedure with borrowed dentist's mirror to replace dead clock battery |
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Last Known Photograph of ION |
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Purvesh and Mike with final ION photograph after successful surgury |
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