MSU Tries Again To Plance Cubesat Into Orbit

MSU’s twin satellite to launch Oct. 28 on NASA rocket

“The twin of a Montana State University student-built satellite that was launched in the spring but failed to reach orbit as a result of an anomaly with the TAURUS-XL rocket is scheduled to be launched Friday, Oct. 28, on another NASA rocket. This miniature research satellite – also called Explorer-1 [Prime] in honor of the first successful U.S. satellite – is set to launch between 3:48 and 3:57 a.m. Mountain time on a Delta II rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Maria, Calif. MSU students and faculty members plan to watch from the Air Force base, as well as from MSU’s Space Operations Center in Cobleigh Hall, said Dave Klumpar, director of MSU’s Space Science and Engineering Laboratory.”