Five phase mission to study earth's auroras; mission extended to 2012. Themis B and C retasked as Artemis mission to L1 and L2.
Air Force Academy?s first attempt at achieving three axis attitude determination and control (ADCS). FalconSAT-3 will carry three payloads to conduct DoD research. When primary mission completed amateur radio payload will be activated.
"A number of experiments, including a prototype supercomputer designed to process data onboard rather than sending raw information directly to Earth."
Five phase mission to study earth's auroras; mission extended to 2012. Themis B and C retasked as Artemis mission to L1 and L2.
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