Verify radio communication and small remote sensing experiments.
"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."
"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.
