Brown students’ satellite in orbit on shoestring

SPACECRAFT: Recent Brown University graduate Marco Cross displays a mockup of the miniature satellite a team of Brown students built. The satellite is now in orbit. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM
SPACECRAFT: Recent Brown University graduate Marco Cross displays a mockup of the miniature satellite a team of Brown students built. The satellite is now in orbit. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A BILLIONAIRE to go to space. In fact, all you need is about $10,000, some engineering skills and a little help at liftoff. A group of Brown University students has proved it. The team of undergraduate and graduate students from Brown’s School of Engineering has successfully launched a satellite that’s

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