FASTSAT (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

FASTSAT

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FASTSAT is a small, microsatellite class spacecraft bus that will carry six experiment payloads to low-Earth orbit. One of FASTSAT's mission objectives is to demonstrate its ability to eject a nanosatellite from a microsatellite while avoiding re-contact with the FASTSAT satellite bus.

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NASA/MSFC, Doug Stoffer

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