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Texas A&M satellite launches
By: Julie Rambin
Issue date: 7/16/09 Section: News
Space Shuttle Endeavour launched Wednesday at 5:03 p.m., Central Daylight Time, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The launch had previously been planned and canceled five times. The first and second launches were cancelled due to a hydrogen leak on the external fuel tank. The third, fourth and fifth launches were cancelled due to unsafe weather conditions.
Shuttle Endeavour contains two small satellites, AggieSAT2 and BEVO-1, which were designed and constructed by students from Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin. The satellites will collect flight data on a Global Positioning System receiver and analyze the data.
"We are very, very excited," said AggieSAT lab principal investigator Helen Reed. "We're just full of anticipation of seeing our satellite go into space - it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Endeavour's mission is slated to last for 16 days, which will include docking and repair of the International Space Station and five spacewalks.
The launch had previously been planned and canceled five times. The first and second launches were cancelled due to a hydrogen leak on the external fuel tank. The third, fourth and fifth launches were cancelled due to unsafe weather conditions.
Shuttle Endeavour contains two small satellites, AggieSAT2 and BEVO-1, which were designed and constructed by students from Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin. The satellites will collect flight data on a Global Positioning System receiver and analyze the data.
"We are very, very excited," said AggieSAT lab principal investigator Helen Reed. "We're just full of anticipation of seeing our satellite go into space - it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Endeavour's mission is slated to last for 16 days, which will include docking and repair of the International Space Station and five spacewalks.
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