The Fastron suppression coil (also known as an EMI filter (MESC-150M)) was used in an ignition circuit for
the CUSat's pulsed plasma thrusters, and, according to one of the student engineers, Andrew Godbehere, "They
worked wonderfully!" He continued, "We got a very impressive response time out of them, allowing the output of
our circuit to achieve a dV/dt of almost 3kV/us. Thank you for your support."
The prize? A NASA launch, worth millions of dollars, of their twin monitoring satellites.
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