CubeSats and SmallSats | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Jan 12, 2023 · Keeping each CubeSat simple and focused will allow for more inexpensive deployment, greater reliability, and the incremental ability to add new CubeSats or replace …
Mars Cube One (MarCO) - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
May 5, 2018 · October 22, 2018 - First Image of Mars from a CubeSat MarCO-B took this image of Mars from about 4,700 miles (7,600 kilometers) away during its flyby of the Red Planet on …
Lunar Flashlight | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Dec 11, 2022 · Roughly the size of a briefcase, Lunar Flashlight is a very small satellite being developed and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that will use near-infrared …
NASA's First Image of Mars from a CubeSat
Oct 22, 2018 · MarCO-B's wide-angle camera looks straight out from the deck of the CubeSat. Parts related to the spacecraft's high-gain antenna are visible on either side of the image. …
ASTERIA - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Aug 14, 2017 · ASTERIA was a 6U CubeSat (roughly 10 x 20 x 30 cm, 10 kg) that operated in low-Earth orbit. The payload consisted of a lens and baffle assembly, a CMOS imager, and a …
JPL and Caltech CubeSat Proposals Move Forward
Feb 14, 2012 · The image on the right is a CubeSat created by the University of Michigan designated the Michigan Mulitpurpose Mini-satellite, or M-Cubed. M-Cubed's mission is to …
PREFIRE CubeSat Image - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
May 23, 2024 · NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system.
CubeRRT (CubeSat Radiometer Radio Frequency Interference …
May 21, 2018 · CubeSat Radiometer Radio Frequency Interference Technology Validation Mission. CubeRRT. The main objective of the CubeRRT mission was to demonstrate the RFI …
NASA Selects CubeSat, SmallSat Mission Concept Studies
Mar 23, 2017 · Benton Clark, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Littleton, Colorado: CubeSat Asteroid Encounters for Science and Reconnaissance (CAESAR), a constellation of …
InSight Launch Press Kit | Mars Cube One - NASA Jet Propulsion ...
The basic CubeSat unit is a box roughly 4 inches (10 centimeters) square. Larger CubeSats are multiples of that unit. MarCO's design is a six-unit CubeSat. Each of the two spacecraft has a …