Utah received two USIP grants and one of them is about to launch in the upcoming month. The project, Passive Inspection Cubesat (PICS) under Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University, has been sent to NASA for the pre-launch integration and proves to be an exciting and successful mission. A group of students at Brigham Young University are anxious to watch their launch from home due to being unable to attend the launch in-person due to COVID-19 travel restrictions and health guidelines. This cubesat is designed to take 360-degree images of NASA’s spacecraft and check for possible damage that otherwise cannot be seen. The camera can be used to take other images of anything in space. Congratulations to Dr. Long and the BYU student team!
BYU Passive Inspection Cubesat (PICS) USIP Project
YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKXnaR1GIQ8&feature=youtu.be