Cal Poly satellite will launch into space in NASA mission. What will the CubeSat do? [The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)] Jan. 12—A Cal Poly satellite approximately the size of a loaf of bread will launch into space Wednesday if all goes to plan, the university announced Monday. ExoCube 2 is a CubeSat device, a nanosatellite that was built over several years by a group of 50 Cal Poly students. The ExoCube 2 will be launched between 7 to 10 a.m. Wednesday alongside nine other tiny, NASA-sponsored satellites on the space agency’s next Educational Launch of Nanosatellites mission, or ELaNa for short. ELaNa is an initiative created by NASA that intends to attract and retain students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines.