P-POD Auxiliary Payload on the STP-ST26/Minotaur-IV Launch

这是向美国空军空间试验方案转移的资金，用于在定于2009年12月发射的STP-S26/Minotaur-IV上为携带NSF赞助的航天器的辅助有效载荷提供住宿和发射服务。 美国国家科学基金会赞助的纳米卫星将是一个“三（3U）立方体”，并将利用多皮卫星轨道部署器（P-POD）系统。 国家科学基金会纳米卫星使命的目的将是空间气象研究。 使命的选择将在征求建议书和对建议书进行科学和技术审查之后进行。 这将是美国国家科学基金会新倡议下的第一个项目，该倡议名为：“基于立方体卫星的空间天气和大气研究科学任务”。"

This is a transfer of funds to the U.S. Air Force Space Test Program for accommodations and launch services for an auxiliary payload carrying a NSF-sponsored spacecraft on the STP-S26/Minotaur-IV launch scheduled for December 2009. The NSF sponsored nano-satellite will be a "triple (3U) cubesat" and will utilize the Poly-Picosat Orbital Deployer (P-POD) system. The purpose of the NSF nano-satellite mission will be space weather research. The selection of the mission will be done following a solicitation for proposals and scientific and technical review of the proposals. This will be the first project under a new NSF initiative titled: "CubeSat-based Science Missions for Space Weather and Atmospheric Research."