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 malfunctioning units. JPL at the Forefront in Several Categories of Exploration. The immense promise of CubeSat technology has created an explosion in new ideas and initiatives.
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 Nov. 26, 2018. This image was taken at about 12:10 p.m. PST (3:10 p.m. EST) while MarCO-B was flying away from the planet after InSight landed.
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.
RACE | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Oct 28, 2014 · The Radiometer Atmospheric CubeSat Experiment, or RACE, is a test of technology designed to improve NASA's Earth science and space exploration capabilities. The mission consists of a compact radiometer instrument that will collect Earth science data for use in weather forecasting and climate models, packed into a satellite about the size of a ...
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 two-axis piezoelectric positioning stage on which the focal plane was mounted. A set of commercial reaction wheels provided coarse attitude control.
INSPIRE - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Interplanetary Nano-Spacecraft Pathfinder in Relevant Environment. INSPIRE. The Interplanetary NanoSpacecraft Pathfinder In Relevant Environment (INSPIRE) project will demonstrate the revolutionary capability of deep space CubeSats by placing a …
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 stowed size of about 14.4 inches (36.6 centimeters) by 9.5 inches (24.3 centimeters) by 4.6 inches (11.8 centimeters).
NASA Announces New CubeSat Space Mission Candidates
Feb 26, 2013 · --The CubeSat VHF transmitter to study Ionospheric dispersion of Radio Pulses (CHIRP), a 6U CubeSat designed to provide measurements of very high frequency (VHF) radio pulses propagated through the ionosphere that will be essential to the development of SWORD, a future explorer class charged-particle astronomical observatory.
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 lasers and an onboard spectrometer to map ice in permanently shadowed regions near the Moon's south pole. The observations made by the low-cost mission will provide unambiguous information …
NASA Mission Gets Its First Snapshot of Polar Heat Emissions
Sep 3, 2024 · The second CubeSat began collecting science data on July 25, and the mission will release the data after an issue with the GPS system on this CubeSat is resolved. The PREFIRE mission will help researchers gain a clearer understanding of when and where the Arctic and Antarctica emit far-infrared radiation (wavelengths greater than 15 micrometers ...