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A composite false-color image of the Andromeda galaxy was created by stacking five wide field of view channel images for a total exposure of 8 seconds. This image demonstrates the exceptional stability obtained by the Tyvak-0130 bus for a nano-satellite-class vehicle. During this series of exposures, two satellites moved through the field of view. Both are represented as two aligned streaks, with the bright set near the middle and the fainter and shorter streaks near the lower left.