In summer 2012, USC will launch a second satellite into space.

USC-Northrop Grumman-Applied Minds CAERUS package now in 90-minute earth orbit, testing ISI-developed communications unit

A group of astronautical engineering students at the University of Southern California (USC) are building the school’s first satellite, which is expected to launch early next year to demonstrate a new cargo container-tracking capability for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The "Cubesat" nanosatellite will go into orbit in late 2010 or early 2011 with payload designed to track containers.