Georgia - By 2019, the University of Georgia plans on having its very own small satellite in orbit. 28 students at UGA's small satellite research laboratory will have the chance to launch two satellites into low-earth orbit over the course of the next few years, and they're taking applications. This laboratory, which is entirely student run started in 2016 and is seeking to use the small satellites to monitor environmental conditions. The students selected for this program aren't necessarily strictly involved in aerodynamics but come from all majors and their goal is to help this program succeed and solve the problems that exist in the laboratory.
“The goal of the lab is to give UGA a continuous presence in space,” said Caleb Adams, chief manager and founder of the Small Satellite Research Laboratory. “We have our very own space agency at UGA because of this.”
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