Satellite built at UNM goes into orbit

The first satellite built by University of New Mexico researchers and students blasted into orbit Tuesday on a Minotaur I rocket from the East Coast. The satellite, appropriately, is called Trailblazer. It is small: a four-inch by four-inch by four-inch cube, also known as a CubeSat. It is one of 28 CubeSats, many of which were built at other universities. In a sense, Trailblazer will go where no satellite has gone before. While it may be small, its mission is complex. It aims to prove that off-the-shelf component parts are possible for larger Air Force satellites. More

(Source: ABQ Journal - Nov 21)