NASA taps UL Lafayette’s CAPE satellite student team for return to space

By Rebecca Chaisson on Wednesday, April 19, 2023
  • NASA has selected UL Lafayette’s CAPE satellite team for a return trip to space. Student researchers will design and build a larger, more sophisticated version of past satellites. The new model (inset) will be launched into space at an as-yet-undetermined date to gather data about radiation levels. (Photo from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
    NASA has selected UL Lafayette’s CAPE satellite team for a return trip to space. Student researchers will design and build a larger, more sophisticated version of past satellites. The new model (inset) will be launched into space at an as-yet-undetermined date to gather data about radiation levels. (Photo from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

    A small solar-powered satellite designed and built by University of Louisiana at Lafayette student researchers will measure radiation levels in space to help keep astronauts – and the public – safe. UL Lafayette’s Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experience, or CAPE, team will build a small research satellite after being one of eight groups in the country recently selected for NASA’s CubeSat Launch I…