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Project Imua Payload Launch

Sector: Education • Location: Wallops Island, Virginia, United States

Source: University of Hawaii System

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Planned

Project Imua is a joint faculty-student enterprise from four University of Hawai‘i Community Colleges developing small payloads for space flight. The project involves designing, fabricating, and testing scientific payloads for NASA sounding rocket launches, providing STEM learning opportunities. The second payload, PrIME, includes a neutron-gamma ray detector, an innovatively powered 3-D printed r

Status
Prospective
Sector
Education, Government
Location
Wallops Island, Virginia, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
University of Hawaii System

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The project “Project Imua Payload Launch” is an infrastructure initiative in the Education sector, located in Wallops Island, Virginia, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from University of Hawaii System.

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2026-07-22

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Project Imua is a joint faculty-student enterprise from four University of Hawai‘i Community Colleges developing small payloads for space flight. The project involves designing, fabricating, and testing scientific payloads for NASA sounding rocket launches, providing STEM learning opportunities. The second payload, PrIME, includes a neutron-gamma ray detector, an innovatively powered 3-D printed rocket, onboard cameras, and interface boards for data processing. The payload is scheduled for launch on a NASA sounding rocket from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

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Space Technology

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United States of America (USA)

State

Virginia

City

Wallops Island

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University of Hawaii System

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Education, Government

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2025-12-03

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