Lecture Series.
May 2019 - CubeSats & SmallSats
Artist's rendition of the deployed CubeRRT small satellite.
Credit: BCTMay 9 & 10
Some are the size of a toaster. Others a suitcase. They can ride into space as secondary payloads in a rocket's "trunk," or even be tossed out of an airlock, to start their missions. Small satellites, often collectively called "cubesats," are changing the way we explore space and monitor our home planet.
Host:
Preston Dyches
Speaker(s):
Anne Marinan (JPL) — Systems Engineer, Near Earth Asteroid Scout & Mars Cube One; Team Xc Lead Engineer
Travis Imken (JPL) — Project Systems Engineer, RainCube
CubeSats & SmallSats