AubieSat-1 has been successfully launched on October 28, 2011 by NASA on a Delta-II rocket. Signals have been received by many ham radio operators from around the world.
Other Programs:
AubieSat-2
AHAB
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AubieSat-1 is the first student built CubeSat in Alabama.
It is a 1U CubeSat: 1000cm3 in volume and weighing 1.03-kg.
It is entirely designed and built and tested by Auburn University undergraduate students, without using components off the shelf.
It will study radio wave propagation through the ionosphere and test solar panel protective films.