CubeSats are becoming ever more popular, with about 2,400 total launched so far. However, the small size limits their options for fundamental space exploration technologies, including propulsion.

The students performed the research as part of a propulsion design course. CubeSats are made up of several units, each measuring 10-centimeters cubed. In the Purdue research, four FEMTA thrusters ...

Most CubeSats don’t pack their own propulsion systems, instead hitchhiking into orbit aboard other satellite launches. Now, to make them more maneuverable, researchers have developed a system ...

Paulo Lozano leads a team working on CubeSat propulsion at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been given the go-ahead to launch two propelled CubeSats in 2014 ...

Rubik’s-cube-sized CubeSats are nifty, cheap way to study space, but they’re limited to low orbits – until now. Los Alamos researchers have created a safe and innovative rocket motor that ...

A CubeSat with an integrated propulsion system would be able to extend that lifetime and allow the CubeSat to maintain its altitude for longer so that it may continue normal-mode operations. An ...

WASHINGTON — A cubesat launched on Artemis 1 missed its original chance to go into orbit around the moon but could still carry out its primary mission if engineers fix its thrusters in the ...

A Japanese propulsion company developing water-based thrusters is set to test its system on a Sony nanosatellite launched earlier in January. Cubesat that launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will ...

New CubeSat propulsion system uses water as propellant. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 08 / 170807164444.htm ...

New CubeSat propulsion system uses water as propellant. Purdue University. Meeting 31st AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites Funder NASA ...