First minisatellite mission comes to successful end
Friday, November 30, 2012 - 08:31
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org)—After two successful years of on-orbit operations, NASA's Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology Satellite, or FASTSAT, mission is coming to an end. FASTSAT successfully demonstrated a capability to build, deploy and operate a science and technology flight mission at lower costs than previously possible.