RECONSO

Prof. Holzinger is the PI for the AFOSR University Nanosatellite Program (UNP-8) ‘RECONnaissance of Space Objects’ (RECONSO) student-led cubesat. Preliminary SSA telescope results have proven invaluable in evaluating and predicting performance of RECONSO’s payload, a 6cm aperture optical path leading to a sCMOS detector.

This program is fully executed by undergraduate and graduate students, having been initiated by a AE 4357 senior design group mentored by Dr. Holzinger, then continued by an interdisciplinary group of 30-40 students from the College of Engineering. This funded cubesat program has been selected for launch and willl a) generate on-orbit un-cued detection and tracking data of low-Earth space objects at costs substantially lower than current assets, and b) have the distinction of being the second Georgia Tech satellite to ever have been launched in to space.

For further information, please see the student-run page for RECONSO.