TriSept is thrilled to see Rocket Lab resume launch operations after a brief COVID-related pause. We’re especially excited to see NASA’s ELaNa 32 ANDESITE mission catch a ride to space aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron. TriSept led the integration of the ANDESITE scientific payload aboard a 6U Cubesat built by Boston University engineering students and professors to study the earth’s magnetic field like never before.
TriSept’s Jason Armstrong (Right) and the Boston University ANDESITE Team
Once positioned in space, the Cubesat will initiate measurements of the magnetosphere with onboard sensors, later releasing eight pico satellites that will form a first-of-its-kind mesh network capable of tracking and mapping electric currents flowing in and out of the atmosphere.
“It’s very gratifying to see NASA’s ELaNa ANDESITE mission lift off the launch pad, and we’re thrilled and honored that TriSept played a key launch integration role in supporting this milestone mission,” said Rob Spicer, TriSept CEO. “This is a mission that demonstrates NASA’s focus on opening up space access to academia and other scientific groups and projects that otherwise might not be able to fulfill their vision and allow students to put their experiments to the ultimate test.”
“This incredible research and educational opportunity wouldn’t exist without NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI), and students and programs like ours would be left to speculate how their missions would perform in space,” noted Brian Walsh, a mechanical engineering professor at Boston University who spearheaded the effort to secure the NASA rideshare.
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