CubeSats have a lot of advantages. They are small, inexpensive, and easily reproducible. But those advantages also come with significant disadvantages—they have trouble linking into broader ...

CubeSats are versatile miniature satellite made up of multiple 10×10×10-cm, cube-shaped units. As exciting as they are, however, they have a problem: Their size stops them easily feeding back ...

Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, but the impact these instruments are having on space exploration is gigantic.

CubeSats are small, modular, inexpensive satellites that carry experiments for science investigations and/or technology demonstrations. About 160 CubeSats have been launched in the NASA program over ...

The tissue box-sized satellite made space research easier, and cheaper. It's been twenty years of observing Earth from the CubeSat.

CubeSats — miniature, agile, and cheap satellites — are revolutionizing how scientists study the cosmos. A standard-size CubeSat is tiny, about 4 pounds (roughly 2 kilograms).

Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, and some are small enough to hold in your hand. But the impact these instruments are having on space exploration is gigantic. CubeSats—miniature ...

For example, Nanoracks developed a CubeSat deployer that can house multiple CubeSats. Once on the ISS, the deployer is positioned so that when its forward-facing door is opened, a spring at the back ...

Cubesats are being used for an ever-widening number of applications, including Earth observation; weather sensing; alternative position, navigation and timing; communications; and technology ...

After a journey of nearly five months, taking it far beyond the Moon and back, the little CAPSTONE spacecraft has successfully entered into lunar orbit. "We received confirmation that CAPSTONE ...

CubeSats have already visited the Moon and Mars and are key components of upcoming deep space missions.