CubeSat
Sign in to savethumb|nCube (satellite)|Ncube-2, a Norwegian CubeSat ( cube) A CubeSat is a class of small satellite with a form factor of cubes. CubeSats have a mass of no more than per unit, and often use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components for their electronics and structure. CubeSats are deployed into orbit from the International Space Station, or launched as secondary payloads on a launch vehicle. , more than 2,300 CubeSats have been launched.
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- History
- Design
- Structure
- Computing
- Attitude control
- Propulsion
- Cold gas thrusters
- Chemical propulsion
- Electric propulsion
- Solar sail
- Power
- Telecommunications
- Antennas
- Thermal management
- Costs
- Past missions
- 2018 InSight mission: MarCO CubeSats
- Programs
- CubeSat Launch Initiative
- Artemis 1
- ESA "Fly Your Satellite!"
- Canadian Cubesat Project
- QB50
- Launch and deployment
- Existing launch systems
- Future and proposed launch systems
- Deployment
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|nCube (satellite)|Ncube-2, a Norwegian CubeSat ( cube) A CubeSat is a class of small satellite with a form factor of cubes. CubeSats have a mass of no more than per unit, and often use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components for their electronics and structure. CubeSats are deployed into orbit from the International Space Station, or launched as secondary payloads on a launch vehicle. , more than 2,300 CubeSats have been launched.
In 1999, California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) professor Jordi Puig-Suari and Bob Twiggs, a professor at Stanford University Space Systems Development Laboratory, developed the CubeSat specifications to promote and develop the skills necessary for the design, manufacture, and testing of small satellites intended for low Earth orbit (LEO) that perform scientific research and explore new space technologies. Academia accounted for the majority of CubeSat launches until 2013, when more than half of launches were for non-academic purposes, and by 2014 most newly deployed CubeSats were for commercial or amateur projects.