….planned to launch in 2013 and 2014. The proposed CubeSats come from universities across the country, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, NASA field centers and Department of Defense organizations. CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. The cube-shaped satellites are approximately four inches long, have a volume of about one quart and weigh less than three pounds. The selections are from the third round of the CubeSat Launch Initiative. After launch, the satellites will conduct technology demonstrations, educational research or science missions. The selected spacecraft are eligible for flight after final negotiations and an opportunity for flight becomes available. The satellites come from the following organizations:
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Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Air Force Research Lab, Wright-Patterson AFB
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Montana State University, Bozeman
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. (two CubeSats)
NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in partnership with the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (two CubeSats)
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Fla.
The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, Silver Spring, Md.
Saint Louis University, St. Louis
Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, Mont.
Space and Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, Ala. (two CubeSats)
Taylor University, Upland, Ind.
University of Alabama, Huntsville
University of California, Berkeley
University of Colorado, Boulder (two CubeSats)
University of Hawaii, Manoa (three CubeSats)
University of Illinois, Urbana (2 CubeSats)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D.
University of Texas, Austin
US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg
Thirty-two CubeSat missions have been selected for launch in the previous two rounds of the CubeSat Launch Initiative. Eight CubeSat missions have been launched (including five selected via the CubeSat Launch Initiative) to date via the agency’s Launch Services Program Educational Launch of Nanosatellite, or ELaNa, program.
