Sparkie (or 3CS-1) was a satellite, part of the Three Corner Satellite (3CS) project, a three satellite (Sparkie,

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and Petey) student research project. It was designed and built by mostly undergraduate students at the

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public university, public research university in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is o ...

as part of the Air Force Research Laboratory's

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. Sparky was responsible for structure, power and the attitude system in the 3CS project. Satellite carries the name of Arizona State University's

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, Sparky. Sparky was launched on the first launch of the

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rocket configuration, along with the

satellite, but both satellites failed to achieve orbit due to a problem with the rocket during launch.

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