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 as part of the Air Force Research Laboratory's University Nanosat Program. 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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