The Daily Universe
Engineering student Josh Cannon adjusts the antennas on the Passive Inspection CubeSat created by BYU engineering students. This is BYU’s first ever satellite made by BYU students. (Nate Edwards/BYU Photo)
Over 60 BYU engineering students will make history on Dec. 19 when BYU’s first satellite is launched into space.
“I know so many ways it could go wrong. But if it goes right, I will be just over the moon,” said electrical engineering graduate student and system engineer Patrick Walton, who knows the satellite inside and out.
Walton was fascinated by space exploration growing up and was saddened to realize few advancements in space exploration were being made due to the increasingly high cost.