The primary mission objective of GASPACS was to deploy a 1-meter inflatable aerodynamic boom to passively stabilize its attitude.

[9][10] GASPACS's primary mission objective was to deploy and photograph a 1-meter (39 inches) inflatable aerodynamic boom.

Molecules of air in the Earth's upper atmosphere struck the AeroBoom (drag force), causing a stabilizing torque.

[15] On December 21, 2021, GASPACS was launched to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX CRS-24, as part of NASA mission ELaNa 38.

[9] 47 minutes after deployment a ground station in Tokyo, Japan recorded the first successful observation of GASPACS's beacons.

The audio beacon consisted of the satellite's N7GAS callsign in Morse code, followed by a digitalized rendition of "The Scotsman'', USU's spirit song.

[6] In the weeks following deployment, several sections of attitude data from the onboard accelerometer were downlinked, confirming the effectiveness of the AeroBoom mechanism.

[25][7] A secondary mission of the satellite was to test the viability of cheap commercial microcontrollers such as the Raspberry Pi.

[32] Another component included on the interface board was a custom burn wire mechanism used to deploy the AeroBoom.

[35] Three days after deployment, on January 29, 2022, GASPACS faced a major setback when power was lost on the Y-channel.

This continuous power cycle greatly reduced the quantity of data GASPACS was able to transmit to Earth.