The Student Hands-On Training (SHOT) workshops will provide students beginning the AFRL’s University Nanosat 6 (UN-6) program with basic space hardware hands-on and inflight training. The objective of both SHOT workshops is to provide these new students exposure to some of the basics of spacecraft construction, the teamwork and coordination involved, as well as the challenges with integration, test and launch of a satellite. During Day 1 and Day 2 of the SHOT I (Year 1) workshop, students will construct a simple 750 gram satellite called a BalloonSat that will be launched to 30 km.  Day 3 will be devoted to launch, recovery, and data analysis of their BalloonSat. It should be emphasized that the SHOT I training is geared for the novice experimenter. Nevertheless, it provides a complete program from requirements, design, and build, through test, launch and analysis. During the SHOT II workshop, students will bring to the workshop a pre-completed BalloonSat that demonstrates one or more of their UN-6 satellite’s experiments or technologies. Students will launch their BalloonSat on a high altitude balloon. There will be a pre-launch and a post-launch presentation by the students. Both SHOT workshops will be completed in three days. Participants will travel to Boulder, Colorado, to receive the SHOT training.

The workshop will be held on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus.  We will be meeting in several locations during the workshop.  The "home base" will be in the Discovery Learning Center.  Registration services will be in the main lobby of this building.  Other labs and rooms will be used on campus and details will be given at registration check-in. 

Additional details will be sent to you before the conference.  You should expect to receive your information packet by June 5, 2009 via email.

If you need additional information please click here or call 303-492-3141 and ask for Chris Koehler.