brighamyounguniversity 's first satellites, PIC-A and PIC-B, were born this morning at 3am and 5am this morning! They got a brief rest in their anti-static bags and now it's time to shake… instagram.com/p/BvosYtwhM4k/…

Two cube-shaped "Astrobee" robots from NASA Ames will soon be buzzing around the International Space Station. Here's how they work >> go.nasa.gov/2OQsg7s 🐝🐝

My work on scatterometers (especially nanosat-scale) was recently published in SPIE JARS as "Space of solutions to ocean surface wind measurement using scatterometer constellations." You can check it out here: doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.…

We have TWO announcements: 1) Our PIC-A and PIC-B spacecraft passed their vibe test! This means that once all our documentation ducks are in a row, they'll be qualified to perform their mission of imaging a rocket launch system in space! 2) The PICs te… ift.tt/2HiGXxs

Hope to see you all there!!! ift.tt/2I30Add

This weekend, our Passive Inspection CubeSats get a little closer to space as their launch vehicle spreads it's wings first time. We're rooting for you! And we can't wait to capture the epic moments on your second flight! Virgin Orbit BYU BYU Engineering

Thank you to all the BYU College of Engineering faculty and admins and all the NASA officials who believed in us! And a huge shout-out to the 60 students who worked together to make BYU first satellites a reality!! Your hard work is going to SPAAAAAAACE!

BYU's first satellites, Passive Inspection CubeSats, are going to space on Sunday!!

The butterflies are rampant in the #byu watch room. 8 mins from drop and Virgin Orbit #LauncherOne rocket ignition. BYU's first satellites are going to space now! BYU Spacecraft Group @byumecheng BYU ElecEng

15 mins to first pass overhead. #byuinspaaace

BYU spinoff company, Care Weather, has it's first satellite launch this week! As students, the Care Weather team was responsible for leading BYU's first CubeSat project, PICs. Here's hoping for successful contact and space operations for Hatchling!

WE MADE CONTACT!!! Hatchling is on orbit and doing fine 👌 Big thank you to @rocketlabusa for getting us there, to @iridiumcomm for getting our data down, and to so many others who helped us along the way. We're so excited to carry out tests over the coming weeks and months.

After Christmas, we'll test our finished CubeSat engineering unit. For now, we have a few more… instagram.com/p/BdDeQLLHwgg/

I think we spent January mostly still in shock that we created a satellite...I mean, what?! This… instagram.com/p/BfbHe5GHWrV/

#TBT to Spacecraft Competition launch day last December. Six teams completed thumb-sized… instagram.com/p/BfyozavH_jL/

Note to self: a little glue can hold a CubeSat together, but a lot of glue can tear it apart. #lessonslearned #cubesat #satellite #nasa #circuitboard #electricalengineering #college #byu #failurelessons