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Cadets showcase FalconSAT program at end-of-semester reveiw

By Ray Bowden, U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs / Published May 02, 2017

A cadet speaks to an audience of faculty members and industry partners at the FalconSAT End of Semester Review, April 28, 2017, at the U.S. Air Force Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)
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A cadet speaks to an audience of faculty members and industry partners at the FalconSAT End of Semester Review, April 28, 2017, at the U.S. Air Force Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. --

Cadets gave an end-of-semester review on the Air Force Academy’s Falcon Satellite Program to faculty and the school’s space-community partners April 28.

The FalconSAT program is the Academy’s small-satellite engineering program. Cadets’ design, built, test and operate satellites, guided by faculty and technical-staff as part of a year-long senior capstone design experience. The program is administered by the Academy’s Space Systems Research Center under the direction of the Astronautics Department.

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