Oak Ridge Students’ Satellite Now in Orbit
Source: The Oak Ridger | October 18, 2021
The next ORION talk will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, via Zoom.
The talk will be by the Robertsville RamSat team on the RamSat satellite. This is open to the public, a news release stated. If interested in joining this talk, follow the link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88528735960?pwd=KzY4bnBHcjlhTzg3L3pOcjY0TFovUT09 or use meeting ID 885 2873 5960 and passcode: 716689.
The Robertsville Middle School cube-shaped satellite — dubbed RamSat for the school’s mascot — began its construction in the 2015-2016 school year after Robertsville became the first middle school selected by NASA’s Cube Sat Launch Initiative (CSLI) program. RamSat is a two-unit CubeSat, with dimensions of 20 centimeters by 10 centimeters by 10 centimeters.