Information about the Cubesat Program
The CubeSat Project was a project started by a partnership between the California Polytechnique University in San Luis Obispo and Stanford University in Palo Alto to develop a standardized space platform for academic satellite projects. It has since grown to become an international partnership of over 40 institutes that are developing picosatellites containing scientific,payloads.
A standard CubeSat is a 10 cm cube with a mass of up to 1 kg, though 2 and 3 cube satellites have been built. Developers benefit from the sharing of information within the community. Resources are available by communicating directly with other developers and attending CubeSat workshops.
With this many institutes participating in the CubeSat program, the educational benefits are tremendous. Students, through hands on work, will develop the necessary skills and experience needed to succeed in industry after graduation. The CubeSat program also benefits private firms and government by providing a low-cost way of flying payloads in space. All while creating important educational opportunities for future leaders of industry.
For additional information on Cubesats visit http://www.cubesat.org. Also see Future Satellite Launches for information on pending CubeSat launches.
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