JPL and Caltech CubeSat Proposals Move Forward

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News release: 2012-042 Feb. 14, 2012

JPL and Caltech Cubesat Proposals Move Forward

The full version of this story with accompanying images is at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-042&cid=release_2012-042

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA has selected 33 small satellites – including two Cubesats from the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory in partnership with the California Institute of Technology, both in
Pasadena – to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2013 and 2014. The
proposed CubeSats come from universities across the country, the Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation, NASA field centers and Department of Defense organizations.

CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. The cube-shaped satellites are
approximately four inches (102 centimeters) long, have a volume of about one quart (nearly a
liter) and weigh less than three pounds (1.35 kilograms).

The selections are from the third round of the CubeSat Launch Initiative. After launch, the
satellites will conduct technology demonstrations, educational research or science missions. The
selected spacecraft are eligible for flight after final negotiations and an opportunity for flight
becomes available. The satellites come from the following organizations:

-- Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
-- Air Force Research Lab, Wright-Patterson AFB
-- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
-- Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
-- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
-- Montana State University, Bozeman
-- Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. (2 CubeSats)
-- NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
-- NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
-- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in partnership with the California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena (2 CubeSats)
-- NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Fla.
-- The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, Silver Spring, Md.
-- Saint Louis University, St. Louis
-- Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, Mont.
-- Space and Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, Ala. (2 CubeSats)
-- Taylor University, Upland, Ind.
-- University of Alabama, Huntsville
-- University of California, Berkeley
-- University of Colorado, Boulder (2 CubeSats)
-- University of Hawaii, Manoa (3 CubeSats)
-- University of Illinois, Urbana (2 CubeSats)
-- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
-- University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D.
-- University of Texas, Austin
-- U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
-- Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg

Of the 32 CubeSat missions that were selected for launch in the previous two rounds of the
CubeSat Launch Initiative, two were from JPL. Eight CubeSat missions have been launched
(including the JPL-developed M-Cubed/COVE Cubesat) to date via the agency's Launch
Services Program Educational Launch of Nanosatellite, or ELaNa, program. Caltech manages
JPL for NASA

For additional information on NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative program, visit:
http://go.usa.gov/Qbf .

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit: http://www.nasa.gov .

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