NASA selects CubeSat, SmallSat mission concept studies

NASA selects CubeSat, SmallSat mission concept studies Washington DC (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 - NASA has selected ten studies under the Planetary Science Deep Space SmallSat Studies (PSDS3) program, to develop mission concepts using small satellites to investigate Venus, Earth's moon, asteroids, Mars and the outer planets. For these studies, small satellites are defined as less than 180 kilograms in mass (about 400 pounds). CubeSats are built to standard specifications of 1 unit (U), ... more

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