"Test performance of new thin membrane solar panel design, ?green? propulsion system using non-toxic fuel, high-speed X-band comms system, low-cost, miniaturized terminal to receive signals from navigation satellites, and a camera suite for Earth observation and to monitor deployment of the solar array."
"Carries a color Earth observation camera, and experiments to investigate new attitude control and laser communications technologies."
"Will monitor the world?s oceans to examine fishing grounds and search for disasters such as oil spills; will also measure aerosols, microscopic particles suspended in Earth?s atmosphere."
Will test next-generation amateur satellite communications technology.
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