SkyCube: a social space mission

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Southern Stars Group LLC, the company responsible for the popular SkySafari apps for iOS, Android and Mac OS X, is thinking a little bigger with its next project. The publicly funded SkyCube is a miniature CubeSat satellite that will orbit the planet, transmitting low-resolution images of the Earth while broadcasting short messages from sponsors in the form of data pings. In short, it's the world's first social space mission. .. Continue Reading SkyCube: a social space mission

Section: Science and Education

Tags: CubeSat, Kickstarter, Picosatellite, Satellite, Space, SpaceX

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