Orrin Hatch: “I want to bring special attention to a cooperative satellite development program between the U.S. Air Force Academy and…”

“I want to bring special attention to a cooperative satellite development program between the U.S. Air Force Academy and Weber State University located in Ogden, UT. Both institutions, I hasten to emphasize, Mr. President, specialize in undergraduate teaching and undergraduate research. The Joint Air Force Academy-Weber State Program is known as ``JAWSAT.'' The Air Force Academy satellite will be built by Weber State, which is the first undergraduate institution in the world to design, build, and launch satellites. Weber State began building satellites in 1990, and has launched them in low-earth orbits. The WEBERSAT is the product of the Weber State University Center for aerospace technology. The satellite continues to orbit Earth, providing invaluable learning experiences for the student managers at Weber State. Currently, WEBERSAT provides the students at the campus command center with such benefits as color photographs of the Earth, data acquired by a high spectrometer on the satellite, and information on micrometeor impacts that is derived from sensor equipment also aboard WEBERSAT. It was a natural choice for the Air Force Academy to tap into Weber State's expertise for building and deploying a satellite to train our future Air Force leaders in satellite use and management.”