SimSat is a new program to excite and involve students in learning about technology. The name SimSat is a contraction of the words SIMulated and SATellite.
Students investigate how satellites are built, tested and operated.
A high school group might build an experiment of their own. Another school might launch it from their football or soccer field. The payload rises safely aloft by a small high-altitude balloon, is tracked by students, and is retrieved by a recovery team. Back to Top 2. Each is a NASA Goddard Space Flight Center employee.