Ready, set, LIFT OFF! 🚀🛰️ A #NSFfunded team is working with more than 150 students from six collaborating universities to design and build three identical CubeSats, or shoebox-sized satellites, which they plan to launch into space in 2026. As part of the Space Weather Atmospheric Reconfigurable Multiscale Experiment, the three CubeSats will collect data to improve space weather forecasting, to reduce the negative impacts of this weather on systems and technologies in orbit. "CubeSats, which are light and inexpensive compared to typical satellites, offer a unique way to advance observations in space weather and atmospheric and geospace sciences," NSF Program Director Mangala Sharma said. "They also allow us to experiment with novel technologies and engage students in exciting space missions." Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Z33zuf 📷: Shutterstock
Sr. Systems Engineer and Project Lead | Experienced HSI/HMI HF Engineer and System Safety Professional serving DoD since 1980
2dI worked with LightSats over 25 - 30 years ago ( back in the 1990s) with ARC and Orbital - that were launched into LEO from underwing on a Pegasus. First steps for EOS,I know, but it was great!