Mission
AggieSat Laboratory Student Space Program trains university students in systems engineering through hands-on experience in the design, assembly, testing, and operation of space and space-related systems. Our program is dedicated to the core value of excellence, as demonstrated by the far-reaching contributions of our alumni across America’s space, defense, and intelligence communities.
History
Dr. Helen Reed brought the lab to Texas A&M University in 2005. Several hundred students have participated in the program since, contributing to numerous space systems engineering projects before going on to work in the public and private sectors of the American space industry. To date, AggieSat Laboratory has successfully launched two satellites to orbit. AggieSat2 was deployed from the Space Shuttle Endeavour in July 2009, and AggieSat4 was deployed from the International Space Station in January 2016.
Present
AggieSat Laboratory is staffed by over 100 students, consisting of mostly undergraduates from dozens of majors, who volunteer their time through the AggieSat Laboratory Student Organization. The program is run by a student Program Manager and a student Operations Manager with the guidance and oversight of the Principal Investigator. Read the Projects page to learn about the systems in development, and read the Teams page to meet the people working on them!
Lab Management
Principal Investigator
John Connolly
Program Manager
Shirish Pandam
