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Valparaiso University Satellite Program and Robotics

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This is the annual joint meeting between the Calumet Section of the IEEE and the IEEE Student Chapter at Valparaiso University. Attending the meeting will be the FIRST FTC Robotics Team from Merrillville High School. Also the robotics teams from Valparaiso University will be present.

The Main topic will be the Valparaiso Satellite Program:

Both the falling cost and increasing pace of rocket launches into low Earth orbits have drastically lowered the barrier to entry for first-time satellite teams. Valparaiso University's BCON satellite mission is the direct result of these trends combined with preparation to be ready for the right conditions, which yielded two simultaneous no-cost launch opportunities and explains why BCON-2 will launch before BCON-1. This talk will give background on trends for novice and educational projects using CubeSat and smaller satellite sizes and describe Valpo's current satellite project.