Smallsat Surveillance Network Planned By Asian Nations + Universities
Hokkaido University and Tohoku University will lead the creation of up to 50 microsatellites by 2020.
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Asian Universities + Asian Nations Go Small… Monitor Natural Disasters w/Network Of Microsatellites
The satellites will be launched using Japanese rockets, or released from the International Space Station.
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Surrey Satellite Technology Working On Replacement For Hydrazine Propulsion Systems
SSTL has identified HTP as an environmentally friendly monopropellant with the potential for providing the high performance required for future small satellite missions.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne + NASA Think Small + Go Green… Partnership To Further Develop CubeSat’s Green Propellant
“We’re excited about this partnership with NASA to advance CubeSat propulsion with green propellants.”
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Slovak’s Show Off A First… skCUBE Satellite
The first Slovak satellite named skCUBE will be carried into space by the Falcon 9 launch
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Sierra Nevada’s Space Diagnostics All Up To Snuff… 11 Small Sats On-Orbit Performance Exceed Or Meet Standards
“The initial results of the on-orbit performance of the spacecraft have met or exceeded our performance criteria.”
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NASA’s Nodes… Small Satellites To Demonstrate Swarm Communications + Autonom
A first for small satellites, Nodes will demonstrate the ability to receive and distribute commands in space from the ground...
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MiniXSS From University of Colorado Boulder To ISS For Launch In January
The MinXSS mission continues a successful tradition of CU-Boulder students designing and flying CubeSat missions, including the Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment, which launched in September 2012.
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First Two PlanetiQ Weather Satellites To Be Launched By Antrix
Each of PlanetiQ’s 10-kilogram microsatellites will fly PlanetiQ’s Pyxis-RO™ sensor, the most advanced satellite weather sensor.
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Transitional CubeSat Ridesharing Program Initiated By United Launch Alliance
“<em>ULA will offer universities the chance to compete for at least six CubeSat launch slots on two Atlas V missions, with a goal to eventually add university CubeSat slots to nearly every Atlas and Vulcan launch</em>.”—Tory Bruno, ULA President + CEO.
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