cubesat

50 places to buy Cubesat Parts

Building a Cubesat can be challenging enough, finding the parts to get started shouldn’t be. To help save you time (and possibly money) I’ve assembled a large list of suppliers for every conceivable part of a Cubesat including the structure, solar panels, fasteners and even Kapton tape. Where possible I have included flight heritage or […]

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Personal Satellite You Can Buy For $300-Kicksat

How much would you be willing to spend for your own personal satellite? How about $300? A project by Cornell Grad Student Zac Manchester is building small, cheap satellites…and the results are impressive. Kicksat Website KickSat Overview One of the reasons spacecraft are so expensive, is because they’re big, heavy and built one at at […]

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Phonesat-Satellites powered by an Android Smartphone

Did you know your smartphone is more powerful than most computers in space right now? A few smart folks at NASA realized this as well and thought…hey…why don’t we turn a Phone into a satellite. And so Phonesat was born. NASA is taking Google Android phones and turning them into cheap spacecraft. And by cheap I mean […]

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Cubesats explained and why you should build one

Ever wanted to make your own satellite? Now you can. Building a Cubesat is affordable and you may even qualify for a free ride from NASA. What are Cubesats? A CubeSat is a small satellite in the shape of a 10 centimeter cube and weighs just 1 kilogram. That’s about 4 inches and 2 pounds. […]

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