Wedgefield PLTW CubeSat Mission

The Wedgefield School PLTW (STEM) Flight and Space course has received an opportunity to launch a CubeSat mission thanks to support being provided by Exos Aerospace.  A CubeSat is a small satellite that, in this case, would spend some time in space and then return to Earth for us to retrieve and collect data/results from whatever experiment we design for the payload.  Exos has deeply discounted the payload cost but our timeline to launch is only 60 days.  We need to raise $2,500 to cover our share of the launch costs, and this may increase as we move forward and better understand the costs of building the airframe and payload materials.  Our PLTW classes will start tackling the design concepts on Monday, March 12th.  We are also entering a National Science Foundation design competition for CubeSat airframes to hone our satellite design skills.  Students will be working every aspect of this project (design, procurement, manufacturing, marketing, advertising, media, finance, etc.) in committees just like any entrepreneurial business.  Opportunities for support will go beyond dollars, but we MUST secure our launch spot with this money as quickly as we can.

Check out Exos at http://exosaero.com/.  My support there is John Quinn, the Chief Operating Officer, and his video on the home page is a great explanation of what the company is doing.