Marjorie Cortez, NASA
On May 17, the Air Force Research Laboratory successfully deployed its Satellite for High Accuracy Radar Calibration — or SHARC — into a low-Earth orbit from the International Space Station. Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory developed the satellite's flight software, radio interface circuit board, and provided fabrication and assembly expertise for its main subsystems.
LOGAN — When a small defense satellite was launched from the International Space Station last week, a team from Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory gathered to watch the deployment.