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Kevin L. Simmons @bluecubesat

BLUECUBE: Build, Launch, Utilize & Educate using CubeSats. Interested in aerospace/education/entrepreneurism, KS is an Einstein Fellow and Alan Shepherd awardee

Joined April 2009
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A Wolfpack rock star graduates. Fantastic! @bluecubesat @AerospaceAcade1
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Spent 11 days in Europe ending w the 75th IAC in Milan, Italy. Wolfpack students were brilliant. Saw Norm Fitz-Coy (UF), Mark Bontrager (USSF), Bill Nelson, MBRSC Gen Dir, etc. So many others I'll just post a collage. 11K space people, 120 countries. Really enjoyable experience.
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I had a great time recently working w the Swiss Aiglon CubeSat Team. They're preparing for a HAB mission soon. Thanks to John Puglsey (NSL) and Dillon Embry (NSE) who met w them via Zoom. Their lead, Kami KW, will join us in 2 wks at the SmallSat Education Conference.
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Congratulations to the Julian Cebollero, of the Wolfpack CubeSat Dev Team, for the selection of his paper, "Leveraging Gamification in Education" for a presentation at the annual Hawaii International Conference n Education. Well done Julian. "Let's Go To Space!"
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FlipSat-1 transmitted from orbit! Congrats Theo. Wolfpack CDT is working on 2 new sat missions, WolfSat-1 & WolfCube. Colin started a SmallSat Club at Suncoast, Kenan is forming a Tokyo group, & Paul applied to an accelerator. New members from FL, PA, & TX. "Let's Go To Space!"
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There is still time to submit your abstracts for the 3rd annual SmallSat Education Conference at KSC on 26-27 Oct. Pre-college through university teams are encouraged to submit. "Let's Go To Space!" SmallSatEducation.org #CubeSat #CubeSats #CubeSatEducation
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SmallSat Education Conference returning to Kennedy Space Center wesh.com/article/smallsat-ed…

SmallSat Education Conference returning to Kennedy Space Center

Registration is open now for the conference happening October 26-27

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Kevin Johnson and I were interviewed at WESH for the SmallSat Education Conference (26-27 Oct at KSC AMF CSE). We're still accepting abstracts at SmallSatEducation.org. Pre-college students and educators welcome. Thank you @WESH wesh.com/article/smallsat-ed…
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If countdown holds, The Wolfpack CubeSat Team's third mission, FlipSat-1, led by Theodore Ouyang, launches as hosted payload via NSL's TROOP hardware. (Vandenberg SFB) Window opens 2:19 PM ET. This is 1st Micro:bits mission to investigate bitflip mitigation strategies.
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The Wolfpack CubeSat Dev Team has completed days 3 and 4 at the SmallSat Conf. We've met with our partners NSL/NSE and Firefly Aerospace, and our new friends from Idaho. The students are doing very well and we are excited to have 2 more days.
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We are about to complete SmallSat day 2. Today WolfSat-1 and WoodSat posters were presented led by Jasmin, Colin, and Sebi. Students are reviewing the 'Mission of the Year' candidates, networking, and attending technical pres. Lots of learning . Tomorrow the Exhibit Hall opens!
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The Wolfpack's Kenan Sato-Hua, presented at Tokyo's Komaba Toho High School. His theme- "Building your Story". He contrasted the educational differences in Japan and S. Florida. He also explained CubeSat benefits and the Wolfpack. His video is here: youtube.com/watch?v=yvQeC-GR…
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The Wolfpack CubeSat Dev Team is halfway through the COSPAR Conference in Busan, South Korea. It's Wed AM, and Hariette, Daniel, Robert, and Dimitri have presented their papers. Last night the poster sessions began w Sofia, Maddie, & Santiago - who shared their work for 2.5 hrs.
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The Wolfpack CubeSat Dev Team was selected as a finalist for the Outstanding Academic Program category in the Palm Beach Illustrated's Education Awards. Winners will be voted on by the public from 15-30 July. We'll ask you to support us when the voting begins. Thank you.
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Submit abstracts for the SmallSat Education Conference, 26-27 Oct at AMF's Center for Space Education Bldg at KSC-VC. We'll again bring together CubeSat, ThinSat, & high altitude balloon enthusiasts w educators/students. Goto SmallSatEducation.org for info. "Let's Go To Space!"
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Our final HAB at PBSC. Students completed designs, drop tests, risk analysis and mitigation of their designs, modeled weather, wrote code using Micro:bits, and soldered project. Weather looks good for tomorrow's launch. "Let's Go To Space!" Great Wolfpack CubeSat Dev Team.
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Any day doing this with students is a good day. 3rd HAB launch in June with Palm Beach State College.
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Today the Wolfpack concluded its work at the International Space Dev Conf in Los Angeles with Hariette's pres on the use of A.I. in space agriculture. She was followed by NSS Ambassador and A.I. guru Bryce Meyer. Great work Hariette!
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Today in Los Angeles, Elliott, Tyler, and Winston presented 2 papers (Pocketqubes and WolfSat-1) at the International Space Development Conference. As expected they were quite professional and received a lot of positive feedback. Well done Wolfpack CubeSat Developmemt Team!
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Students looking for an authentic aerospace experience.... Here is a great opportunity through Palm Beach State College. Some of the Wolfpack CubeSat Development Team will be there, and we are looking forward to meeting you!
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