Small satellite designed and built by MSU students set to launch to the ISS Saturday
BOZEMAN - A âbread loaf-sizedâ satellite designed and built by Montana State University (MSU) students is set to launch Saturday aboard a rocket bound for the International Space Station. The satellite, called by the acronym IT-SPINS, will dock at the space station until later this spring, then be propelled into orbit and commence a more than six-month mission of measuring the properties of Earth's atmosphere at the edge of outer space a release from MSU says. According to MSU, the project started in 2015 with a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation and more than 30 ...