It was not until about four years later, in 2003, that the first batch of six cubesats launched on a Russian Rokot, an intercontinental ballistic missile converted into a space launch vehicle.

CubeSats will be built and integrated before launch. “But funding remains the biggest barrier to my goal of getting 50 CubeSats in cis-lunar space by 2020,” said Clark.

Cubesats are miniature satellites that have been used exclusively in low Earth orbit for 15 years, and are now being used for interplanetary missions as well. In the beginning, they were commonly ...

NASA announces new CubeSat space mission candidates Date: February 27, 2013 Source: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Summary: NASA has selected 24 small satellites, including three from NASA's Jet ...

A CubeSat is essentially that - a nearly cube shaped satellite measuring 10x10x10 cm (3.9x3.9x3.9 in), although they are scalable along one axis - with a total mass of less than 1.33 kg (2.9 lb).

ESA's next technology-testing CubeSat will be fitted with two tiny butane-powered thrusters, making it the agency's first miniature satellite with the capacity to move through space under its own ...

ArkEdge Space and Taiwan’s space agency TASA successfully took high-res Earth images from the ONGLAISAT CubeSat.