DEMONSTRATEDFEASIBILITY OF LOW-COST MICRO-RELAYS & WIRELESS INTEGRATED NETWORKS.Science Center micro-machined silicon relays and wireless networking technologies were successfully demonstrated on Feb. 8 during the space flight of the two smallest satellites ever released into orbit. The "picosatellites" weigh less than one- half pound each and measures 4x3x1 inches. The micro-relays and networking technologies promise to dramatically reduce the size, power and cost of future satellites used for such applications as telecommunications and weather imaging. The picosatellites were ejected into space from the Stanford University Orbiting Picosat Automated Launcher (OPAL opal (ō`pəl), a mineral consisting of poorly crystalline to amorphous silica, SiO2·nH2O; the water content is quite variable but usually ranges from 3% to 10%. ), a satellite platform that flew aboard an Air Force rocket launched from Vandenberg AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass on Jan. 26. Aerospace Corp. acted as system integrator for the picosatellite mission with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. government agency administered by the Department of Defense (see Defense, United States Department of). (DARPA DARPA: see Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) The name given to the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency during the 1980s. It was later renamed back to ARPA. ), which also sponsored creation of many of the underlying technologies. |
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