It's hip to be square - Cosmos Magazine
It’s hip to be square Why CubeSats are the coolest things in space. By Bianca Nogrady Like orbiting LEGO bricks crammed with tech, CubeSats are simple, customisable and the next big thing for communications, real-time weather warnings and eyes in the sky. At a barely $100,000 a pop, they are also far cheaper than a typical Sydney house, which is why governments, states, companies, universities and even schools are putting their own satellites into orbit. Space has opened up, and the gold rush is on. There is the question, however, of how many is too many. CubeSats belong to the “smallsat...
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