Unmanned Systems https://www.captechu.edu/ en Women in the Space Industry https://www.captechu.edu/blog/women-space-industry <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--title--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--title--blog-post.html.twig' --> Women in the Space Industry <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--title--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/826" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">zqureshi</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2020-07-20T10:01:22-04:00" title="Monday, July 20, 2020 - 10:01">July 20, 2020</time><br/><br/> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-image--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-image--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/Women%20in%20the%20Space%20Industry.jpg" width="640" alt="a woman in the space industry instructing a male counterpart in the lab" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-image--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--body--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--body--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'entity_embed_container' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --> <div alt="a woman in the space industry instructing a male counterpart in the lab" data-embed-button="media_browser" data-entity-embed-display="media_image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{&quot;image_style&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_loading&quot;:{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;lazy&quot;}}" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="0c2d4b28-1c42-4445-ab1b-4d18ddd69b7b" title="women in space" class="align-right embedded-entity" data-langcode="en"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/Women%20in%20the%20Space%20Industry.jpg" alt="a woman in the space industry instructing a male counterpart in the lab" title="women in space" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>According to <a href="https://aviationweek.com/special-topics-pages/workforce/women-aerospace-stuck-24">Aviation Week</a>, women make up 24% of the aerospace and defense industry, as opposed to 47% across all industries. Though in the minority, women have made great strides in recent years with their contributions to the space industry.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>During the <a href="http://interactive.satellitetoday.com/via/satellite-2019-show-daily-day-4/women-in-aerospace-offer-lessons-in-overcoming-industry-barriers/">SATELLITE 2019 conference</a>, eight women who are leaders in the aerospace industry provided insight in empowering women and shared hurdles they have overcome, reported Marisa Torrieri.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>One of the speakers, Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, is Senior Vice President (SVP) of government policy and strategy at Inmarsat Government. Inmarsat produces mobile satellite communication services and managed network services and have been working with the federal government since 1979.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Cowen-Hirsh has been in the aerospace industry for over 25 years and is a rated experimental flight test engineer and became the first female civilian Mission Commander for the Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA) mission.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>During the conference, Cowen-Hirsch shared, “When I started in college, in electrical engineering, women made up 3 percent.” She went so far as to leave her first name off of her resume when applying to jobs. “People were surprised when I went for interviews and a woman walked in.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Inmarsat Government also has a woman as the president and CEO. Susan P. Miller holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. Miller has led initiatives in satellite communications in both the commercial and government sector for over 20 years.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Ball Aerospace also has several women in leadership positions. Ball provides both spacecraft and payload development, including small to large highly customizable satellites. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Debra Facktor, former Ball Aerospace Strategic Operations Vice President and General Manager shared during the conference that she had a difficult time in the early 90s interacting with Russian scientists because of her gender. It wasn’t until she demonstrated her engineering prowess that they began to listen.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>“When you know math and science, whether you’re young or old or a woman or not, you have another language to speak to bridge the barriers,” shared Facktor. Facktor, with both master’s and bachelor’s in aerospace engineering, left Ball in March 2020 to become head of U.S. Space Systems for Airbus U.S. Space &amp; Defense, Inc.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Ball Aerospace also recently selected Diedre M. Walsh to serve as vice president of Washington Operations, focusing on government relation strategies to position Ball as a trusted mission partner.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Even the SATELLITE conference has seen the rising impact of women in the space industry. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>“As Via Satellite Executive Editor Jeffrey Hill noted, in 2009 fewer than a dozen women spoke at the SATELLITE Show,” shared Torrieri. “Today, in 2019, it’s hard to find a session without at least one female speaker, moderator, or industry thought-leader present.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Want to learn more about astronautical engineering? Capitol Tech offers a bachelor’s degree in <a href="mailto:Astronautical%20Engineering">Astronautical Engineering</a> and <a href="https://www.captechu.edu/degrees-and-programs/masters-degrees/aviation-ms">master’s</a> and <a href="https://www.captechu.edu/degrees-and-programs/doctoral-degrees/aviation-phd">doctoral</a> degrees in Aviation. Undergraduate students pursuing astronautical engineering have an opportunity to learn more about satellite technology in courses such as Satellite Communications. This course provides an analysis of satellite communications systems including communications subsystems, telemetry, tracking and monitoring, data handling, satellite link design, propagation effects, modulation techniques and performance and error control.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Contact <a href="mailto:admissions@captechu.edu">admissions@captechu.edu</a>to learn more.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--body--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-published-on--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--field-published-on.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-published-on.html.twig * field--datetime.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 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paragraph.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/paragraph/paragraph--section.html.twig' --> <section id="section-24801" class="section background-white"> <div class="super-contained"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--paragraph--field-color--section.html.twig * field--paragraph--field-color.html.twig * field--paragraph--section.html.twig * field--field-color.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--paragraph--field-color--section.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--paragraph--field-color--section.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--paragraph--field-placement--section.html.twig * field--paragraph--field-placement.html.twig * field--paragraph--section.html.twig * field--field-placement.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--paragraph--field-placement--section.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--paragraph--field-placement--section.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--paragraph--field-rows--section.html.twig * field--paragraph--field-rows.html.twig * field--paragraph--section.html.twig * field--field-rows.html.twig * field--entity-reference-revisions.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'paragraph' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * paragraph--social-share-icons--default.html.twig x paragraph--social-share-icons.html.twig * paragraph--default.html.twig * paragraph.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 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'core/themes/stable9/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2020-06-01T16:04:13-04:00" title="Monday, June 1, 2020 - 16:04">June 1, 2020</time><br/><br/> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-image--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-image--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/Advanced%20technology%20to%20remove%20space%20debris%20from%20orbit.png" width="640" alt="an image of earth from space showing advanced technology to remove space debris from orbit" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-image--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--body--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--body--blog-post.html.twig' --> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>According to <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/news/orbital_debris.html">NASA</a>, there are more than 500,000 pieces of debris orbiting the earth. This debris is made up of  spacecrafts that are no longer functional, abandoned launch vehicle stages, mission-related debris, and fragmentation debris. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>“There are more than 20,000 pieces of debris larger than a softball orbiting the Earth,” says NASA. “They travel at speeds up to 17,500 mph, fast enough for a relatively small piece of orbital debris to damage a satellite or a spacecraft. There are 500,000 pieces of debris the size of a marble or larger. There are many millions of pieces of debris that are so small they can’t be tracked.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>A number of government organizations and public companies are working on projects to help reduce the very real risk of space debris damaging still-functioning equipment.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><strong>ClearSpace-1</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'entity_embed_container' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --> <div alt="an image of earth from space showing advanced technology to remove space debris from orbit" data-embed-button="media_browser" data-entity-embed-display="media_image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{&quot;image_style&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_loading&quot;:{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;lazy&quot;}}" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="2c4c8c6f-5d63-4569-8213-303f7c6c07ce" title="space debris" class="align-right embedded-entity" data-langcode="en"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_style' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Advanced%20technology%20to%20remove%20space%20debris%20from%20orbit.png?itok=IJvLfpAG" alt="an image of earth from space showing advanced technology to remove space debris from orbit" title="space debris" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Commissioned by the European Space Agency (ESA), <a href="https://clearspace.today/">ClearSpace-1</a> is a satellite that will find and remove non-functional satellites that are orbiting the Earth. The satellite’s first job will be to target a payload adapter called VESPA. ClearSpace-1 will use sensors to determine the location of VESPA and will launch a “chaser” to attach to VESPA. Once the chaser is attached via four robotic arms, a controlled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere begins. The goal of re-entry is to burn up not only the target, in this case VESPA, but also the “chaser”. <a href="https://www.esa.int/Safety_Security/Clean_Space/ESA_commissions_world_s_first_space_debris_removal">ESA’s goal</a> is to have ClearSpace-1 launch in 2025.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><strong>Vestigo Aerospace</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Taking a different approach to debris removal, <a href="https://vestigoaerospace.com"> Vestigo Aerospace</a> has created dragsails that “greatly increases the frontal area of the system so that aerodynamic drag accelerates orbital decay.” The dragsails can be used on both functioning and non-functioning satellites as well as launch vehicle stages. The sail operates by attaching to the debris and deploying either at the end of a mission. The dragsails remove the need for propulsion-based reentry systems. Vestigo Aerospace is currently working on a six-month study of the dragsails.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><strong>Airbus Harpoon</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><a href="https://www.space.com/space-junk-harpoon-removedebris-satellite-video.html">During a successful test in 2019,</a> a harpoon attached to the International Space Station pierced a piece of space debris and returned it to the spacecraft. Developed by Airbus, the harpoon is the size of a pen and is made from titanium. A ground control team in the United Kingdom sent both the harpoon and spacecraft a series of commands, which were run autonomously by the spacecraft. Once the harpoon pierced the debris, a “a spring-loaded mechanism deployed an array of barbs to secure the harpoon firmly in place,” reports space.com. Airbus is continuing to work on developing the technology.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Want to learn more about astronautical engineering or autonomous systems? Capitol Tech offers bachelor’s degrees in both <a href="mailto:Astronautical%20Engineering">Astronautical Engineering</a> and <a href="https://www.captechu.edu/degrees-and-programs/bachelors-degrees/unmanned-and-autonomous-systems-bs">Unmanned and Autonomous Systems</a>. Contact <a href="mailto:admissions@captechu.edu">admissions@captechu.edu</a>to learn more.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--body--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-published-on--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--field-published-on.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-published-on.html.twig * field--datetime.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-published-on--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-published-on--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-tags--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--field-tags.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * 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https://www.captechu.edu How to control a satellite with your mobile phone? Capitol students prove it is possible https://www.captechu.edu/blog/how-to-control-a-satellite-with-your-mobile-phone <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--title--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--title--blog-post.html.twig' --> How to control a satellite with your mobile phone? Capitol students prove it is possible <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--title--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-legacy-id--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--field-legacy-id.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-legacy-id.html.twig * field--integer.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-legacy-id.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-legacy-id.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Anonymous (not verified)</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2018-04-11T12:07:30-04:00" title="Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 12:07">April 11, 2018</time><br/><br/> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-author--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--field-author.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-author.html.twig * field--integer.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-author--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-author--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-title--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--field-title.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-title.html.twig * field--string-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-title--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-title--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-image--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-image--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/controlling-satellite-with-mobile-phone_0.PNG" width="150" alt="controlling satellite with mobile phone" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-image--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--body--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--body--blog-post.html.twig' --> <p>On any given day, each of us will put our smart phone to a myriad of uses. We may use it to shop. Communicate with colleagues, friends, and family. Check the weather ahead of a plane trip. Monitor stocks. Track our daily exercise routine. Check out the latest track from our favorite artist.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'entity_embed_container' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --> <div alt="students controlling a satellite with a mobile phone" data-embed-button="media_browser" data-entity-embed-display="media_image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{&quot;image_style&quot;:&quot;crop_freeform&quot;,&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="a7710134-0322-4117-aa97-f70f6867b507" title="students controlling a satellite with a mobile phone -blog" class="align-right embedded-entity" data-langcode="en"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_style' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/control-satellite-with-mobile-phone_0.png?itok=KNoH20z7" alt="students controlling a satellite with a mobile phone" title="students controlling a satellite with a mobile phone -blog" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable9/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --> <p>How about using your mobile phone to command and control a satellite in orbit high above the earth?</p> <p>Not only is it possible in theory, but a group of Capitol students has devised a practical way to put it into practice. The students’ endeavor – dubbed <a href="/news-events/first-robotics-meet-brings-capitol-surprise">Project Hermes</a> – has attracted attention from space scientists and engineers, along with coverage in media outlets such asThe Baltimore Sun.</p> <p> “I thought it was very clever and inventive on their part,” The Sun quoted David Kusinerkiewicz, chief engineer at John Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), as saying. “I can picture somebody sitting in a Starbucks on their smartphone talking to their satellite and getting data back. It’s a pretty cool concept.”</p> <p>And the concept has been tested. In 2015, Project Hermes enjoyed its first successful space flight aboard a NASA rocket. Team members waited expectantly – then exulted as letters appeared on their cell phones, sent by the payload high overhead. The concept was tested again, with successful results, at NASA’s RockSat-X program in the summer of 2017.</p> <p>Now another momentous milestone awaits: going into orbit. Integrated into a combined Capitol satellite project known as Cactus-1, Hermes was selected for NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI), with lift-off <a href="/blog/astronautical-engineering-project-cubesat">expected in the coming months</a>.</p> <p>Real-time interaction using mobile devices has the potential to transform satellite operations, says Capitol professor Risabh Maharaja, whose idea – presented during his Introduction to Space class – was the genesis of Hermes, with students then developing a way to put it into practice.</p> <p>Currently, he notes, operations are limited by a satellite’s footprint; commands can only be given, or telemetry received, when a “bird” is within view either of a ground station or relay satellite. The Hermes approach, which utilizes the Iridium constellation of interlinked communications satellites, changes all that. Mission control “could maintain communication using commercial satellites with ordinary internet TCP/IP, with potentially higher bandwidth and quicker response times than conventional methods," Maharaja explains.</p> <p>Hermes is only one example of the <a href="/blog/astronautical-engineering-space-industry-projects">hands-on engineering projects</a> that Capitol students become involved with from their first year at the university. The school’s educational approach stresses immersion in practical projects from year one – a philosophy that distinguishes Capitol from many other colleges and universities, where students do not gain such exposure until their junior or senior years.</p> <p>Other student-led projects at Capitol include <a href="/trapsat">TRAPSat</a>, which is exploring a method of capturing space debris using Aerogel, and <a href="/blog/Project-Aether">Project Aether</a>, which is investigating auroral effects on the atmosphere while also testing new insulation system and comparing data rates from multiple sources.</p> <p>Gaining such practical experience is a major asset for aspiring space systems engineers as they prepare for a career in the industry, students say.</p> <p>“Everything that we’re doing here benefits the students and is helping us look better when we go out into the job market,” says Hermes flight software specialist Christopher Murray. “Not many people in a job interview can honestly say that they have participated in designing a payload that went up into space.”</p> <p><em>Dream of a career working with rockets, satellites, and space? With a Capitol degree, the dream is within reach. Find out more about our unique program in astronautical engineering, or contact </em><a href="mailto:admissions@captechu.edu"><em>admissions@captechu.edu</em></a></p> <p> </p> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--body--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-published-on--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--field-published-on.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-published-on.html.twig * field--datetime.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-published-on--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-published-on--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-tags--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--field-tags.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-tags.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-tags.html.twig' --> Categories: <a href="/blog/category/unmanned-systems" hreflang="en">Unmanned Systems</a> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-tags.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x links--node.html.twig x links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/navigation/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/navigation/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-feature-on-homepage--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--field-feature-on-homepage.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-feature-on-homepage.html.twig * field--boolean.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-feature-on-homepage.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-feature-on-homepage.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-sort-date--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--field-sort-date.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-sort-date.html.twig * field--datetime.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-sort-date.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-sort-date.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-meta-title--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--field-meta-title.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-meta-title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-meta-title--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-meta-title--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-meta-description--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--field-meta-description.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-meta-description.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-meta-description.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-meta-description.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-keywords--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--field-keywords.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-keywords.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-keywords--blog-post.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/captech_theme/templates/field/field--node--field-keywords--blog-post.html.twig' --> Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:07:30 +0000 Anonymous 220 at https://www.captechu.edu