UASat: A Student Satellite Project

This paper introduces UASat, of the Student Satellite Project at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. UASat is a small satellite that is being designed to launch from the Space Shuttle Hitchhiker Ejection System. Its unique inception history will be described, and student-proposed mission reviewed. Its broad-based participation and cross-disciplinary involvement will be presented. Its current progress and future schedule will be detailed.