CubeSats Deployed – SpaceX (original) (raw)

Five small CubeSats have been ejected from their carriers on the second stage to perform their missions. The satellites, also called nanosatellites, are as small as 10 inches by 10 inches and are generally built to execute a variety of research goals. You can read more about the CubeSats launched today here and and about NASA’s CubeSat programs here.

2 thoughts on “CubeSats Deployed”

1. What about the first stage returning to earth and “landing” under power in the ocean?? Is that working as planned?
2. Isn’t the CubeSat standard metric, based on multiples of a 10cm cube (typical)?

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