Name | SilverSat |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 1U |
Status | not launched, expected in 2024 |
Organisation | SilverSat |
Institution | School |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | US |
Oneliner |
Educational mission and technology demonstration using social media to send information directly from a satellite to its users. |
Description |
SilverSat has a primary mission to provide science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education for secondary and elementary school students in the greater Silver Spring, Maryland, area by providing innovative hands-on and collaborative opportunities to teach and inspire. SilverSat’s secondary mission is a technology demonstration using social media to send information directly from a satellite to its users and the interested public. SilverSat’s mission engages students in STEM topics by directly sending mission data and photos of the Earth through Twitter. |
Sources | [1] [2] [3] |
Last modified: 2022-12-29
Detailed SilverSat entry in the Database
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