With a maximum weight of 1.6kg (about 3.5lbs), every little bit counts on a CubeSat, so [Ridwan’s] minimal but strong design might be the thing that allows you to squeeze another sensor onto ...

Want to build your own CubeSat but have been put off by the price? There may be a solution in the works — [RG Sat] has challenged himself to design and build one for less than $1,000.

Description: CubeSat Integrated Star Tracker’s (CubIST) purpose is to design, build, and test a prototype star tracker available to CU Boulder for future development. CubIST will take images of stars ...