FLIGHT OF THE FALCON

The U.S. Air Force Academy's FalconSat-1 was declared operational late last month, following a successful launch on board a new hybrid Minuteman/Pegasus rocket on Jan. 27. Designed, built and operated by academy cadets, the microsatellite carries a long-duration ``wake'' experiment to study the...

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