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A Review of NASA Ames CubeSat Program

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: NASA Ames' CubeSat MissionsNASA Ames has the oldest NASA effort in CubeSats • Peer-review Science with its CubeSat Missions since 2006 • 21 Mission flown (31 CubeSats) or in active development • Deployed NASA's first 1U and 3U CubeSats from ISS (2012, '14) • Developed the first CubeSat Science Swarms (Oct 2015, '16) • Developing the first Beyond LEO Bio-nanosat (Biosentinal 2018) Ames CubeSats have been supporting the goals of: • Space Biology Science, • Swarm Science, and • Technology Development.

Source: NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Authors: Roger C. Hunter, David Korsmeyer

Institution: Ames Research Center

Language: English

Topic: Spacecraft Design and Technology

Subfield: Aerospace Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Planetary Science Division

OpenAlex ID: W2417201937

FWCI: 0.566

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