FITSat IV: Cubesat Competition

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FITSat IV Cubesat Competition

• Team leads Amanda Rohrbach and Daniel
  Hendrickson
• Number of team members 9 (AE, ME, and ECE
  majors)
• Objective Study space survivability of microbial
  fuel cells
• Specifications
• Mass budget 1 kg
• Size 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm
• Shewanella bacteria produce hydrogen
• Power by solar cells and batteries
• Use fuel cell to measure production
• Launch into earth orbit
• Communicate with ground station
• Dates
• Selected for 1,000 award 14 Jan 2008
• Selected for 7500 construction award in
• May 2008

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