Ralphie (or 3CS-2) was a satellite, part of the Three Corner Satellite (3CS) project, a three satellite ( Sparkie, Ralphie, Petey) student research project. It was designed and built by mostly undergraduate students at the

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as part of the Air Force Research Laboratory's University Nanosat Program. Ralphie was responsible for imaging and End-to-End Data Systems in the 3CS project. The satellite carries the name of CU Boulder's mascot,

Ralphie Ralphie is a masculine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person ...

. Ralphie was launched on the first launch of the

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rocket configuration, along with 3CS-1, "Sparkie", but failed to achieve orbit due to a problem with the rocket during launch.

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