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Cube Satellite Technology A Focus at New Tech Longmont's Return

After a two year hiatus, New Tech Longmont / Ft. Collins will kick off its return to Longmont by discussing CubeSat technology and why it matters.
Matt Maenpaa
Matt Maenpaa
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La Vita Bella (Photo by Rick Brennan/ Longmont Observer)

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After a two year hiatus, New Tech Longmont / Ft. Collins will kick off its return to Longmont by discussing CubeSat technology and why it matters.

The event will be held at La Vita Bella on Thursday, September 25, 2019, from 6-8 p.m. and will be free and open to the public.

A panel of experts will "help everyone understand the shrinking size of what is in space," wrote New Tech Longmont's organizer Jennifer Ferguson in an email to the Longmont Observer.

Ferguson continued by stating that this topic is important to Longmont because "it promotes the technology happening in this area to others outside the area by attracting a wide audience who have come from as far as Wyoming and Colorado Springs to attend."

Speakers will include Will Francis, chief product officer of Roccor, Marcin Pilinski, research associate and adjunct professor of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at CU Boulder, and Bob Marshall, assistant professor in the Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences department at CU Boulder.

The panel will be moderated by Rick Wilder, a research scientist at CU Boulder.

New Tech Colorado was founded in 2006 by Robert Reich in Boulder before being brought to Longmont in 2016 by Janine Ledingham and Jennifer Ferguson. "Over 14,000 geeks of all kinds meet monthly across the front range to discuss current trends and companies in technology," according to the New Tech Colorado's Meetup page.

For more information about the event, you can visit the Meetup event page here.