Now it is extremely possible, but still not trivial. A CubeSat is a very small satellite that can hitch a ride with a bigger satellite or get tossed out of a friendly space station. This week’s ...

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.

CubeSats usually conclude their missions by burning up as they enter the atmosphere after their orbits slowly decay. Case in ...

UCAR’s High Altitude Observatory needs a custom designed PCB board dedicated to the control and communication systems between their on-board computer (OBC) and solar camera on a CubeSat. HAO is ...

Credit: Gitai Space robotics startup Gitai says it has successfully completed the demonstration of its in-house developed 16U cubesat, called SC1, which is a forerunner to the company developing ...

A cube satellite (cubesat) is a standardized, low cost, small satellite design typically used for technological demonstration and research. These cube satellites size are typically measured in "units" ...

MAXWELL is a 6U CubeSat that is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory's University Nanosat Program 9. The team has won phase A of the competition which will provide the satellite with a launch to ...