Enhancing Undergraduate Education in Aerospace Engineering and Planetary Sciences at MIT through the Development of a Cubesat Mission

Enhancing Undergraduate Education in Aerospace Engineering and Planetary Sciences at MIT through the Development of a Cubesat Mission

CubeSats are a class of nanosatellites that conform to a standardized 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm, 1 kg form factor. This miniaturization, along with a standardized deployment device for launch vehicles, allows CubeSats to be launched at low cost by sharing the trip to orbit with other spacecraft. Part of...

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Main Authors: Smith, Matthew William (Contributor), Miller, David W. (Contributor), Seager, Sara (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SPIE, 2012-10-22T13:26:35Z.
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