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The core PANOPTES team who participated in the development of the prototype and baseline units are:
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Olivier's Professional Website »
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{% include thumbnail.html src="people/MikeButterfield.jpg" align="left" heading="Mike Butterfield" caption="Mike is a graduate student at the College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona and an optical scientist at GEOST, Inc., in Tucson, AZ. He is the chief architect for the amateur astronomy space-debris and satellite tracking project, SpaceView. You can read more about Mike’s research, engineering, and general interests on his personal website." %}
SpaceView Website » Mike's Personal Website »
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Twitter » Jen's Personal Website »
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