23 April 2018
CubeSats lead the way for new NASA missions
... are not within the field of view of larger observatories. Or both. Their uses could be limitless. “We're continuing to characterise CubeSat components that other missions are using or want to use," said Amanda Donner, mission assurance manager for...
24 May 2021
A CubeSat that produces visible light on the ground to be launched in NASA initiative
... its designers. LightCube is among 14 small research satellites that were chosen by NASA as part of its CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) Other CubeSat ideas also selected as part of the Initiative include SPRITE (Supernova Remnants and Proxies for...
10 November 2017
CubeSat mission to measure water on the Moon
...current technology that it plans to shrink and send in a CubeSat the size of a large shoebox, so that scientists can study...backed the Microwave Radiometer Technology Acceleration (MiRaTA) CubeSat project that will demonstrate whether a small satellite...
11 May 2018
Revolutionary X-Ray navigation system to be used on CubeSat mission
...that though, scientists want to use the technology on a CubeSat mission to characterise the composition of the Moon. The experiment,... as XNAV, to practical use by using it on a proposed CubeSat mission to the Moon. Called CubeX, the SAO team not only...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
... Maryland, College Park, was recently funded to address this under a NASA grant to study the CubeSat UV Experiment (CUVE), a 12U CubeSat orbiter concept that measures ultraviolet absorption and nightglow emissions. The Moon is so tantalizingly close...
March 2015
Sizing down and reaching higher with CubeSats
...more first time nations in the years to come. Launch vehicles A close-up view of the NanoRacks CubeSat deployer in action The growth of CubeSat constellations is fuelling a new generation of would-be dedicated launch vehicles. Right now, NASA and ESA...
