The Space Hardware Club is a group of students at the University of Huntsville who are building a nanosatellite, one of 33 selected by NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative as candidates to fly within the next two years. (See NASA selects CubeSat candidates.)
The student-built satellite, called Charger-1, is an engineering project designed to test power and communication systems. The satellite is being built as an extracurricular project with no class credit – a shining example of citizen science.
Paul Gattis of the Huntstville Times has more information here.
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