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Irvine CubeSat STEM Program (ICSP) is a joint educational endeavor to teach, train and inspire the next generation of STEM professionals. It is comprised of students from six different high schools in the City of Irvine, California, whose main objective is to assemble, test and launch a CubeSat into low Earth orbit.

ICSP was created in 2015 by Brent Freeze and Kain Sosa. The initial thought of ICSP was conceived by Brent Freeze when he was working with Arnold O. Beckman High School physics teacher Paul Lewanski on a weather balloon launching project for Beckman's School's Engineering Club.

Overview

The Irvine CubeSat STEM Program (ICSP) is a revolutionary STEM initiative based in Irvine, California. With over 100 members from six public high schools, the program collectively strives to assemble, test, and launch a solar powered CubeSat into low Earth orbit. It aims to inspire the next generation of innovative thinkers, creators, programmers, and explorers.[1]

ICSP is composed of six public high schools from the Tustin [2] and Irvine[3] School Districts: Arnold O. Beckman High School;[4] Irvine High School;[5] Northwood High School (Irvine, California);[6] Portola High School;[7] University High School (Irvine, California);[8] and Woodbridge High School (Irvine, California).[9] All schools are given specific roles and functions for each CubeSat Mission. If the program were a human body, Avionics would be the brain. Communications: the nervous system. Propulsion: the muscles. Power: the heart. Prime: the Skeleton. Biotech: a vaccine. Together, the subdivisions work towards the longevity and success of this STEM program.

High School Lead for Team:
Arnold O. Beckman High School Avionics [1]
Irvine High School Propulsion
Northwood High School Power
Portola High School BioTech
University High School Prime
Woodbridge High School Communications

Teams for the program's inaugural mission, IRVINE01, were selected through a competitive application process in January 2016. Student teams have worked after school for nearly two years, hitting a series of milestones scheduled to keep them on track.[10]

Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems provided engineering support and served as ICSP's integration partner.[11] The Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency also provided engineering support and the deployable solar arrays, the batteries and the radiation shielding panels.[12][13] ICSP’s first nano-satellite, IRVINE01, is awaiting launch scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2018. The high school teams have already commenced work on the next two CubeSats: IRVINE02 and IRVINE03.

In addition to building CubeSats, ICSP educates and enriches by hosting a guest speaker series with expert insight into space, technology, and STEM. To date, guest speakers included, among others, Jordi Puig-Suari (co-inventor of the CubeSat standard), Commander Ronnie Nader [14] (from the Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency), Michael Minovitch (gravity assist maneuver), NASA Astronaut Mike Massimino, and Pamela Clark (Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory CubeSat Development Lab[15]).

The Irvine Public School Foundation (IPSF)[2] is a sponsor of ICSP, providing over $150,000 in funding annually with the support of corporate sponsors: FivePoint, Ingersoll-Rand/Trane, Google, Cisco Systems, Resilient, Microsemi, and the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation [3].[16][17]

History

The Irvine CubeSat STEM Program (ICSP) was created in 2015 by Brent Freeze and Kain Sosa. The initial thought of ICSP was conceived by Brent Freeze when he was working with Arnold O. Beckman High School physics teacher Paul Lewanski on a weather balloon launching project for Beckman's School's Engineering Club.[18]

Two years after the weather balloon project, Freeze contacted Lewanski. Within a few minutes, Freeze not only had the full support of Beckman High School, but he found his first team for the Irvine CubeSat program: Beckman Avionics. Following Beckman, Freeze and Sosa interviewed the other teachers at the remaining high schools in Irvine based on their resources and skill set to form the remaining teams.

IRVINE01

IRVINE01 is a U1 CubeSat[19][20] built by high school students participating in the Irvine CubeSat STEM Program (ICSP). The IRVINE01 mission is an educational mission that gives high school students the experience of building, testing, and controlling a nano-satellite, with the aim of developing interest and talent in the science and engineering fields.[21][22][23]

IRVINE01 is awaiting launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in late 2018 on an Electron rocket operated by Rocket Lab.[24]

IRVINE02 and IRVINE03

ICSP's next two satellites have been selected by NASA to participate in NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa).[25] On February 17, 2017, NASA selected IRVINE02 [26] to participate in NASA's eighth class of CubeSat launch candidates.[27] IRVINE02 will fly an electric propulsion system. IRVINE02 will have a propellant to change its orbit, an LED to send pictures and data back to Earth much faster than radio, and a GPS unit.[28] It will be one of the smallest CubeSats to fly with an electric propulsion system. It is currently anticipated that IRVINE02 will launch in fall of 2018.

On March 2, 2018, NASA selected IRVINE03[29] to take part in NASA's ninth round of NASA CubeSat candidates.[30] IRVINE03 will include a technology demonstration of an X-ray Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) sensor and electrospray thrusters. Launch of IRVINE03 is expected in 2019.

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