Document Type

Paper

Publication Date

Spring 2026

Abstract

Taylor University Computer Science and Engineering, in collaboration with NearSpace Education, has initiated a multi-year effort to enhance space-awareness by offering K-12 students career-impacting opportunities to build and fly satellites that have a LEGO®-robotics-based payload. This effort is intended as an outreach in the spirit of the ThinSat project (2017-2021) supported by Virginia Space, Twiggs Space Lab, Orbital ATK, NearSpace Launch, and the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, among others. We hope to receive permission to name the satellite LEGO-SAT-0.

Notes

Supported by Virginia Space, Twiggs Space Lab, Orbital ATK, NearSpace Launch, and the NASA Wallops Flight Facility. 

Pre-print of paper submitted for the 40th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Salt Lake City, UT, August 23–26, 2026.

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