You’ll see that CubeSats use a U designator to indicate their size. Each U is a cube measuring 100mm — about 4 inches — on a side. So a 2U satellite would be the same size as two 1U ...

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.

Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, and some are small enough to hold in your hand. But the impact these ...

A similar - and quite true - story can be told about the new poster child of the space industry, the CubeSat. Its dimensions were determined by the size of a Beanie Baby. The cuddly toy was all ...

The CubeSat standard defines a 1-unit or "1U" CubeSat as a 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm nanosatellite weighing no more than 1.33 kg. CubeSats can be 1U, 2U, 3U, or even 6U, with increasing mass allowances.

MAXWELL is a 6U CubeSat that is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory's University Nanosat Program 9. The team has won phase A of the competition which will provide the satellite with a launch to ...