August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
.... Integration of an optical instrument on AstroBus-S platform. Planet, (formerly Planet Labs) has put into orbit nearly 150 cubesats with GSDs of between 3 and 5 m. While modest in terms of pure performance (when compared with 0.30 m resolution from...
22 April 2016
Arianespace's Soyuz Launch Scheduled for Later Today
... a trio of "Fly Your Satellite!" technology demonstrator CubeSats, and the Microscope scientific satellite. To deploy these... and for security issues. The three "Fly Your Satellite!" CubeSats are to be released in the mission's second deployment phase,...
05 May 2017
Will CubeRover revolutionise planetary surface exploration?
... on a petite scale. Like its satellite namesake – CubeSat – which has transformed the economics of Low Earth Orbit..., governments, and universities around the world, just as the CubeSat has in Earth orbit.” said Andrew Horchler, Principal Investigator ...
04 April 2018
A storm hunter and space junk collector on its way to the ISS
... four orbital debris technologies using a pair of target CubeSats. The first experiment will use a net to seize one of the CubeSats, while the second will track the CubeSat with Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) and once...
23 July 2018
Small box with big designs to find the missing matter in the Universe
... Philip Kaaret, HaloSat’s principal investigator. HaloSat is a NASA CubeSat mission but led by the University of Iowa. “Where did...Gulick is also keen to start seeing results from the plucky CubeSat. “HaloSat has definitely shaped how I see my future ...
26 June 2019
LightSail 2 gets ready to make its debut in space
..., that solar sails are a viable means of propulsion for CubeSats. It will remain at its current altitude until 2 July,...following the release of LightSail 2 from Prox-1." The three-unit CubeSat will then be subjected to a week's long system testing by ...
