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Research Laboratory, Academy officials collaborate on space project

January 29th, 2010
U.S. Air Force Academy cadets and members of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Edwards Air Force on the FalconSAT-5 satellite Jan. 11 through 22 here.

The primary mission of the FalconSAT-5 is to perform space weather measurements using on-board sensors in collaboration with remote ground sites.

The FalconSAT-5 mission spacecraft is being integrated and flown by the Department of Defense Space Test Program and is supported by AFRL officials.

"We are doing full operational testing of the satellite, so we're testing out all of the sub-systems, including the thruster, which is the AFRL-provided payload," said Brian Beal, an AFRL program manager.
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