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UPSat, an open-source Greek satellite
May 13, 2016 (SPX)
University of Patras (MEAD and ECE departments) initiated the design and development the first micro-satellite made in Greece: UPsat. The project was completed ...
NASA Repurposes Passive Thermal-Control Technology for CubeSats
May 09, 2016 (SPX)
An older technology once de rigueur for preventing spacecraft gadgetry from getting too hot or too cold has been resurrected and repurposed for an emerging clas...
Sweden launches new ground operations service for small satellites
Apr 18, 2016 (SPX)
The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), a company providing advanced space services, has announced on Wednesday, Apr. 13, its newest project dedicated to lowering ...
Slovakia to send its first ever satellite into space
Apr 12, 2016 (SPX)
Slovakia is gearing up to launch its first satellite into orbit with the aim of demonstrating the country's ability to carry out scientific experiments in space...
The next big thing in space is really, really small
Apr 11, 2016 (SPX)
Going into space is now within your grasp. A tiny spacecraft being developed at Arizona State University is breaking the barrier of launch cost, making the pric...
Tiny CubeSat tracks worldwide air traffic
Apr 11, 2016 (ESA)
Since its launch six months ago, a satellite small enough to fit in an airline passenger's carry-on bag has been tracking aircraft in flight across the entire g...
CU-Boulder students win $30,000, shot at CubeSat satellite launch
Mar 23, 2016 (SPX)
A University of Colorado Boulder student team has advanced in a competition to design and build a flight-qualified small satellite capable of operating near and...
Celebrate Pi Day with NASA Goddard and Pi-Sat
Mar 17, 2016 (SPX)
The Innovative Technology Partnerships Office (ITPO) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, invites educators, students and the general p...
NASA's first Wide-Field Soft-X-ray camera is a gift that keeps giving
Mar 13, 2016 (SPX)
NASA's first wide-field soft X-ray camera, which incorporated a never-before-flown focusing technology when it debuted in late 2012, is a gift that keeps giving...
Russia to Orbit World's First Nanosatellite
Mar 02, 2016 (Sputnik)
The world's first 3D-printed Cubesat nanosatellite will be launched to the International Space Station later this month, RIA Novosti reported, citing the Tomsk ...
New NASA CubeSat to Test Techniques for Eliminating the Noise
Feb 24, 2016 (SPX)
It's getting noisier and noisier out there and now the cacophony of broadcast and other communications signals has begun to seriously interfere with important E...
Filipino scientists complete 50kg microsat with help from Japan
Feb 24, 2016 (SPX)
Tohoku and Hokkaido universities have successfully guided nine Filipino engineers in building the Philippines' first microsatellite, as part of a collaborative ...
New CubeSats To Test Earth Science Tech in Space
Feb 23, 2016 (SPX)
Sometimes we need to leave our home planet to better understand it. Before Earth observing missions launch, NASA must verify instruments onboard will work as ex...
CubeSat mission will demonstrate Virtual-Telescope technology
Feb 19, 2016 (SPX)
NASA engineers Neerav Shah and Phil Calhoun will realize a long-held ambition later this year when a Space-X launch vehicle deploys two tiny satellites that wil...
How a NASA Team Turned a Smartphone into a Satellite Business
Feb 18, 2016 (SPX)
Satellites aren't small or cheap. The Solar Dynamics Observatory launched by NASA in 2010 weighs about 6,800 pounds and cost $850 million to build and put into ...
Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems to support Atlas V CubeSat Rideshare initiative
Feb 11, 2016 (SPX)
Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to serve as the primary Auxiliary Payload Customer ...
Five questions about N. Korea's latest rocket and satellite launch
Feb 07, 2016 (AFP)
North Korea launched a long-range rocket Sunday, triggering fresh outrage from an international community already determined to punish Pyongyang for a nuclear t...
N. Korea says rocket launch 'successful'
Feb 07, 2016 (AFP)
North Korea said Sunday it had successfully placed a satellite in orbit in an "epochal event" to boost its defence capability, with a rocket launch widely conde...
Heliophysics CubeSat to Launch on NASA's SLS
Feb 04, 2016 (SPX)
Just a bit bigger than a box of cereal, one of the first CubeSats to travel in interplanetary space will be NASA's miniature space science station, dedicated to...
Philippines to launch its 1st satellite in April: department
Jan 20, 2016 (XNA)
The Philippines is set to launch into space its first microsatellite in April, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said on Monday. Named as Diwata, ...
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