On the team’s first submission to the competitive CSLI, the tweeting satellite was selected as one of 14 small research satellites from nine states that will launch between 2022 and 2025. According to NASA, projects were proposed by educational institutions, nonprofit organizations and NASA centers. Each team must fund and build its own satellite as well as run its mission. NASA coordinates the trip to space on a supply mission and launches the satellites from the International Space Station. Once its CubeSat is in orbit, the SilverSat team will contact it from a ground station and connect it to the internet. The CubeSat will log into its own account on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) and post pictures from space.
“It’s amazing to see what they can accomplish,” Copeland said. “I was extremely impressed and even surprised when we got selected on our first…
