11 August 2021
Canadian firm to launch advertising satellite in space
... a high-tech selfie-stick attached to the side of the CubeSat will film the display screen. This footage will be livestreamed on ...already a big concern and many are worried that GEC’s CubeSat will be the start of many more advertising billboards in ...
April 2019
On-board propulsion set to drive the smallsat revolution
... billion, with an annual growth rate of just over 20 percent. Falling within the above classification of small satellites, CubeSats are rapidly becoming a household name. These satellites are usually from 1-10 kg and are based on a standardised cube...
08 May 2019
Tests start on first design of 'wafer scale' spacecraft
...these diminutive devices would appear to quash the need for CubeSats, this is not the end for this blossoming box...then be mass manufactured at an incredibly low cost and packed into CubeSats and launched in “swarms” to collect vast amounts of data on ...
05 January 2018
Gilmour Space completes successful test of hybrid rocket engine
... company has already completed tests of its mini hybrid-propulsion engine – the Cubesat In-Space Propulsion System – that could one day be used to send a 1U CubeSat from Earth’s orbit to that of other moons or planets in the solar system...
16 January 2017
First international contract for commercial rocket launch signed by Denmark and China
... next year. GOMspace which was founded in 2007 and is located in Denmark, provides high quality third generation Cubesat compatible subsystems and platform solutions to the expanding nano- and Cubesatellite markets. Speaking at the signing ceremony...
19 July 2017
Mayak satellite set to shine the brightest
... its place will be Mayak – a crowdfunding-financed satellite developed and recently launched from Russia. Mayak is a 3U Cubesat-standard microsatellite that measures only 10×10×30 centimetres in size, not so bright then you might be thinking? However...
