Researchers have created a 20-gram, self-deployable boom integrated with flexible electronics for use in CubeSats. The boom, ...

Description: CEMBA seeks to design a deployable boom-sensor assembly that allows a payload to measure the magnetosphere in a low-noise environment. For space research, spacecraft often hinder the ...

Beyond just serving as a support structure, this boom carries a lightweight, flexible electronics patch that includes a ...

Want to build your own CubeSat but have been put off by the price? There may be a solution in the works — [RG Sat] has challenged himself to design and build one for less than $1,000.

Description: BOOM will design a deployable boom and sensor payload that can mount to a CubeSat and enable low-noise magnetosphere data collection. Deployable booms have been used on space stations and ...

“It got the attention of Juan Fernandez from Langley Research Center,” said Ning. “He was making a boom structure for a Virginia Tech CubeSat project and saw the opportunity to collaborate.” The final ...

CubeSats usually conclude their missions by burning up as they enter the atmosphere after their orbits slowly decay. Case in ...

A CubeSat is a miniaturized modular satellite that can be constructed from off-the-shelf components. With advancements in digital signal processing, power electronics, and packaging technology, it is ...

Presents an overview of CubeSat antennas designed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) CubeSats—nanosatellites built to standard dimensions of 10cm x 10 cm x cm—are making space-based Earth science ...

Over one hundred CubeSats have been launched by hundreds of organizations and universities from around the globe. These have proven very useful in technology demonstration, Earth imaging ...