Byron Center High School Alumni
Byron Center, Michigan (MI)
Alumni Stories
Jake LaSarge
Class of 2008
Jacob LaSarge, a 2008 Byron Center High School graduate, was the Guidance, Navigation, and Control team leader of the Michigan Technological University Aerospace Enterprise team, which took first place in the prestigious University Nanosat 6 competition.
By winning Nanosat 6, the team earned the privilege of having the Department of Defense launch their custom-made satellite, Oculua-ASR, into orbit.
LaSarge, a third-year student majoring in Mechanical Engineering, is the son of Robert and Lynne LaSarge.
The University Nanosat Program is sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory, which handpicked 11 university teams from dozens of applicants across the nation. Each of those 11 teams was then awarded a two-year contract to design and build a small satellite ("nanosat") to perform a mission of its choosing. The program culminated with a flight competition review, held Jan. 16-17 in Albuquerque, N.M.
Michigan Tech's 154-pound satellite, Oculus-ASR, was engineered to help the Department of Defense gather information on satellites.
LaSarge will take over as Project Manager, until the launch day sometime in 2013.
By winning Nanosat 6, the team earned the privilege of having the Department of Defense launch their custom-made satellite, Oculua-ASR, into orbit.
LaSarge, a third-year student majoring in Mechanical Engineering, is the son of Robert and Lynne LaSarge.
The University Nanosat Program is sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory, which handpicked 11 university teams from dozens of applicants across the nation. Each of those 11 teams was then awarded a two-year contract to design and build a small satellite ("nanosat") to perform a mission of its choosing. The program culminated with a flight competition review, held Jan. 16-17 in Albuquerque, N.M.
Michigan Tech's 154-pound satellite, Oculus-ASR, was engineered to help the Department of Defense gather information on satellites.
LaSarge will take over as Project Manager, until the launch day sometime in 2013.
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| Mary Post | 1973 |
| Tom Bliss | 1973 |
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