UND to Deploy 2 Satellites From SpaceX Rocket; 1st Satellites Commissioned in North Dakota

UND to deploy 2 satellites from SpaceX rocket; 1st satellites commissioned in North Dakota

GRAND FORKS — To Robert Kraus’s recollection, one thing Andrew Armacost said at the start of his presidency that he desired for the University of North Dakota was a satellite.

UPDATED: UND to deploy two satellites from SpaceX rocket, first satellites commissioned in North Dakota

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following report was updated Friday afternoon, June 20, to note that the launch has been delayed from Saturday to Sunday. GRAND FORKS — To Robert Kraus’s recollection, one thing Andrew Armacost said at the start of his presidency that he desired for the University of North Dakota was a satellite. That wish is coming true, twofold. “We got to give credit to President Armacost,” said Kraus, dean of the John D. Odegard School of …

UND to launch state’s first-ever satellite mission – SatNews

This Saturday,  at 4:19 p.m. Central Daylight Time UND is set to launch the first-ever satellites commissioned in North Dakota. The pair of satellites, part of UND’s Rendezvous & Operations for Autonomous Docking and Servicing (ROADS) mission, were developed in collaboration with AVS USA, an engineering firm headquartered in upstate New York. The satellites will be launched into orbit via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, from Vandenberg Space Force Bas…