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- Ten Years of Using SPARK to Build CubeSat Nano Satellites with Students https://blog.adacore.com/ten-years-of-using-spark-to-build-cubesat-nano-satellites-with-students 39 comments
- AI-Powered CubeSats to Revolutionize Forest Fire Detection, 500 Times Faster https://www.invincidot.com/ai-powered-cubesats-to-revolutionize-forest-fire-detection%2C-500-times-faster 2 comments worldnews
- Who is ready for a fleet of cubesats flying over cities, displaying ads? https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/10/russian-space-scientists-have-the-worst-idea-ever-space-based-advertising/ 19 comments environment
- Plywood Satellite Cleared for Space Launch. The WISA Woodsat could reduce space debris by using materials that will burn as they fall back into Earth’s atmosphere. The tiny Finnish cubesat could make history as the world’s first plywood satellite will even have a selfie stick to record the moment. https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/07/plywood-satellite-cleared-space-launch/183752/ 31 comments worldnews
- Plywood Satellite Cleared for Space Launch. The WISA Woodsat could reduce space debris by using materials that will burn as they fall back into Earth’s atmosphere. The tiny Finnish cubesat could make history as the world’s first plywood satellite will even have a selfie stick to record the moment. https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/07/plywood-satellite-cleared-space-launch/183752/ 345 comments space
- Space Debris Clean-up CubeSat https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/m7xsl8/space_debris_cleanup_cubesat/ 3 comments space
- SpaceX bid on launch of NASA cubesat mission https://spacenews.com/spacex-bid-on-launch-of-nasa-cubesat-mission/ 283 comments spacex
- "This the first time we’ll be flying Linux on Mars. We’re actually running on a Linux operating system. The software framework that we’re using is one that we developed at JPL for cubesats and instruments, and we open-sourced it a few years ago." https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/aerospace/robotic-exploration/nasa-designed-perseverance-helicopter-rover-fly-autonomously-mars 173 comments programming
- CubeSat: the microsatellites that changed everything https://www.dodsee.com/2021/01/cubesat-microsatellites-that-changed.html 5 comments space
- The First Cubesat With a Hall-Effect Thruster has Gone to Space https://www.universetoday.com/149671/the-first-cubesat-with-a-hall-effect-thruster-has-gone-to-space/ 12 comments space
- On board computing / command and data handling solutions available for engineers building cubesats and small satellites https://blog.satsearch.co/2020-03-11-overview-of-on-board-computers-available-on-the-global-space-marketplace 4 comments space
- Virgin Orbit plans to send cubesats to Mars as early as 2022 - It would be the first private company to reach the Red Planet. https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/09/virgin-orbit-mars-small-satellite-missions/ 7 comments space
- Pepsi plans to project a giant ad in the night sky using cubesats https://futurism.com/pepsi-orbital-billboard-night-sky 20 comments space
- Wall-e and Eve — the tiny twin CubeSats that relayed images and data during the InSight lander's descent to the Martian surface — have gone silent after successfully proving they can do their jobs. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/02/the-first-cubesats-ever-to-visit-mars-have-gone-silent 7 comments worldnews
- A Russian Company Wants to Project Giant Billboards in Space by 2021: The company, StartRocket, plans to launch dozens of tiny CubeSats into orbit roughly 280 miles above the ground in a single rocket: We could start seeing advertisements floating in the sky as soon as 2021. https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a25950681/startrocket-space-billboards/ 9 comments russia
- A Russian start-up claims it will light up the night-sky with orbiting billboards created by an array of reflective cubesats. Astronomers -- and engineers -- say it's a bad idea. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/01/14/this-russian-startup-wants-to-light-up-the-night-sky-with-outer-space-billboards/#.xdz7cs9kgmi 14 comments space
- Mission accomplished for ESA’s butane-propelled CubeSat https://www.esa.int/our_activities/space_engineering_technology/mission_accomplished_for_esa_s_butane-propelled_cubesat 7 comments space
- Watch Rocket Lab launch 10 cubesats into orbit tonight for NASA https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/12/watch-rocket-lab-launch-10-nasa-cubesats-into-orbit-tonight/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=tcfbpage 3 comments technology
- NASA Hears MarCO CubeSats Loud and Clear from Mars https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2018-277&rn=news.xml&rst=7295 5 comments space
- Watch a Satellite Net a Cubesat in Awesome Space Junk Cleanup Test https://www.space.com/41897-satellite-fires-net-to-catch-space-junk.html?utm_source=notification 4 comments space
- Army will use lasers to cubesats for 50 times faster communication https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/08/army-will-use-lasers-to-cubesats-for-50-times-faster-communication.html 2 comments space
- Non solo razzi grossi: è italiano il primo prototipo di micro-razzo a propellente solido per Cubesat. https://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/images/2018/07/fenix 37 comments italy
- Bon Voyage - NASA's Mars Cubesats 'Wall-E' and 'Eva' Will Be First at Another Planet https://www.space.com/40457-insight-mars-lander-nasa-cubesat-hitchhikers.html?utm_source=notification 3 comments space
- Japan’s SS-520 CubeSat Launch Vehicle Achieves Success on Second Try – Spaceflight101 http://spaceflight101.com/japan-ss-520-5-launch-success/ 3 comments space
- Russian CubeSat successfully launched into orbit http://newatlas.com/mayak-satellite-launched/50525/ 6 comments space
- Cornell's quest: Make the first CubeSat to orbit the moon http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/09/cornells-quest-make-first-cubesat-orbit-moon 3 comments space
- How tight are the tolerances to make a spaceworthy cubesat? https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/4y3kwf/how_tight_are_the_tolerances_to_make_a/ 7 comments space
- New europium-doped strontium iodide detectors put cosmic ray-activated "sub-surface" asteroid elemental abundance spectroscopy in a cubesat http://phys.org/news/2015-11-detector-asteroid-planetary.html 6 comments space
- ULA unveils new Cubesat carrier program, offering free rides to universities and doubling the world Cubesat launch capacity http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2015/20151119-ula-new-cubesat-program.html# 6 comments space
- This sturdy little cubesat survived Antares rocket explosion and successfully called home next morning from Wallops beach! https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/21315330709/ 18 comments space
- Ion Electrospray Engines Could Take Cubesats to the Moon and Beyond http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/ion-electrospray-engines-give-a-boost-to-tiny-satellites 8 comments space
- Cubesats are doing some real science now http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-skunkworks-team-set-to-deliver-newfangled-6u-cubesat/#.vg_owyvf-sr 8 comments space
- University of Michigan crowdfunds cubesat plasma thruster experiment http://astronomyaggregator.com/spaceflight/technology/university-michigan-crowdfunds-cubesat-plasma-thruster-experiment/ 23 comments space
- NASA interns start work on future CubeSat mission http://phys.org/news/2013-09-nasa-interns-future-cubesat-mission.html 3 comments space
- Researchers at MIT have developed inflatable antennae that can significantly increase the communication range of small satellites such as CubeSats, meaning they can travel much farther. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-09/10/inflatable-antennae-cubesats 11 comments technology
- University of Michigan's new CubeSat propulsion system could enable $1 million planetary missions: The tiny drive will ionize water or iodine liquid fuel, thereby turning it into a gas or plasma....it has the potential to operate for long periods in space, making interplanetary jaunts a possibility. http://news.discovery.com/space/private-spaceflight/tiny-robots-could-rule-the-solar-system-130708.htm 8 comments technology
- Tethers Unlimited Inc. Provides a Lightweight Deorbit Solution for Cubesats http://tethers.com/pr/cstt_aerospacepressrelease.pdf 7 comments space
- Cubesats deployed from the ISS http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/10/iss3/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+badastronomyblog+%28bad+astronomy%29 4 comments space
- NASA will soon announce details of the Nano-Satellite Launch Challenge. This X Prize-style contest will award $2 million to the winner who launches a CubeSat into a complete orbit twice in one week. http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/recycled-jets-small-satellite-launchers-101025.html 10 comments science
- CubeSats are 10-centimeter cubes: "I got a 4-inch beanie baby box and tacked on some solar cells to see how many would fit on the surface," Twiggs says. "I had enough voltage for what I needed so I decided that would be the size." http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/tiny-satellites-big-space-science-100728.html 6 comments science