Livestream Event: Launch of the Cygnus NG-15 and ThickSat satellite

Countdown to launch! Virginia Tech invites you to join researchers, faculty and students for an exclusive technical session prior to the launch of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus NG-15 robotic resupply mission to the International Space Station from Wallops Island, Virginia. Onboard will be a number of student projects, including Virginia Tech's student-built ThickSat satellite.  

This 60-minute livestream broadcast will take place on February 20, from 12:00 - 1:00 pm.

The briefing will preview these mission highlights: 

• Meet the team of students and their faculty advisors behind the ThickSat satellite
• Learn how Virginia Tech's experiment will test a composite boom for the NASA Langley Research Center, and how it will impact future spaceflight missions such as the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) mission
  
• Hear from student subteams including electronics, structures, and the future of the space engineering program at Virginia Tech
  
• Watch the launch live from NASA.tv
  
• Live Q&A