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- The Simulated Satellite (SimSat) project is an education outreach
activity being developed by engineer Patrick Kilroy at the NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center. A SimSat "spacecraft" uses a small
high-altitude weather balloon platform to fly experiments, designed
and built by students, to altitudes over 60,000 feet. The payloads
are tracked by students and amateur radio enthusiasts as the balloon
is carried by upper-level winds. Experiment telemetry is broadcast
real time and then placed on the Internet for all to use.
The mission of SimSat is to provide a vehicle that allows students
(1) to apply technology in order to collect atmospheric science
data; (2) to build, fly, and recover a simple scientific experiment
of their own design; and (3) to experience first hand some fundamentals
of payload flight and recovery operations.
- The project simulates many of the practices and remote observing
challenges inherent in working with satellites and offers a unique
hands-on experience for students in 5-12 Earth science, physical
science,
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- physics, electronics or aerospace classes.
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