... at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), SFL has built more than 20 nano- and microsatellites with over 90 cumulative years of successful operation in orbit. SFL’s attitude control technologies have also been applied...
... 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, tucked away...
...2036 identifies mega-constellations such as OneWeb, SpaceX and Planet Labs as the largest growth driver. While microsatellites (11-200kg) are becoming the standard mass classification for mega-constellations, the report identifies that nanosatellites...
... satellite will orbit close to Tiangong-2, take high-resolution photos and carry out space experiments. The microsatellite weighs about 47 kilograms and has greater capabilities than the previous satellite launched by the Shenzhou-7 mission...
... and expensive. Now Finnish company ICEYE has bold plans to change this with its constellation of SAR microsatellites. The core of SAR technology was developed in the 1950s and originally pursued as a military reconnaissance tool, in part...
... The open source development model began as a reaction to the ‘closed’ nature of proprietary software The first modern microsatellites, UoSAT-1 and UoSAT-2, were developed in the 1980s by an academic team led by small satellite pioneer Professor Sir...