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What challenges for the 2013 International Space Apps Challenge are you excited about? http://spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/

You can also try smaller companies that aren't as well known; they often don't get as many applicants, but have great opportunities.

NASA centers have a list of their prime contractors, some of which you may never have heard.

• NASA Kennedy prime contractors

• NASA Johnson contractors

• NASA Contractor Jobs - NASAJobs

• Google [prime contractors site:nasa.gov] to find more

There were a couple non-KSC challenges our group found really interesting. *Catch a Meteor (astronomy buffs in particular) http://spaceappschallenge.org/challenge/catch-a-meteor-tracker *Space Station Benefits to Humanity http://spaceappschallenge.org/challenge/space-station-benefits-to-humanity *All the CubeSat challenges! (NASA's Launch Services Program out of KSC selects CubeSats to put on launch vehicles via ELaNa http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/centers/kennedy/technology/elana_feature.html)

The spacecraft orbit will be 35 deg inclination, so only parts of the global between +/- 35 deg latitude will be covered. The Calculating Coverage Statistics with CYGNSS blog post explains why the spacecraft team choose that.

James Wood, NASA LSP Chief Engineer, explains the difference between L-Time and T-Time on launch day in this video, which is used by most fixed pad launches. However, as Tim mentioned for the Pegasus, there is only L-Time.

Orbital-ATK's Pegasus User’s Guide 7.1.3.4. Flight Activities goes through the last 10 minutes of launch. You can also learn more with NASA's Pegasus Countdown 101.