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The solar sail is an exciting technology, enabling spacecraft to maneuver through space without expending propellant to reach their destinations. The Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout mission, being developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), is implementing a solar sail on a 6U CubeSat platform to address a specific set of key strategic knowledge gaps...
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is investing in a suite of core flight system technologies to enable CubeSats to conduct missions in deep space. These will be demonstrated on currently funded missions, such as INSPIRE, MarCO, and Lunar Flashlight, which will be among the first CubeSat missions to leave Earth's orbit and explore deep space, Mars, and the Moon, respectively. Other concepts may consider...
The Microwave Radiometer Technology Acceleration (MiRaTA) is a 3U CubeSat mission sponsored by the NASA Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO). The science payload on MiRaTA consists of a tri-band microwave radiometer and GPS radio occultation (GPSRO) experiment. The microwave radiometer takes measurements of all-weather temperature (V-band, 52–58 GHz), water vapor (G-band, 175–191 GHz), and cloud...
Corona graphic space telescopes require wave front control systems for high-contrast imaging applications such as exoplanet direct imaging. High-actuator-count MEMS deformable mirrors (DM) are a key element of these wave front control systems, yet they have not been flown in space long enough to characterize their on-orbit performance. The MEMS Deformable Mirror Cube Sat Test bed is a conceptual nanosatellite...
The high contrast requirement of 1010 needed to directly image an Earth-like exoplanet around a sun-like star at optical wavelengths requires space telescopes equipped with coronagraphs and wavefront control systems. Coronagraphs are needed to block the parent star's light and improve the ability of the system to detect photons that have reflected off of the exoplanet toward the observer. Wavefront...
The primary purpose of a constellation is to obtain global measurements with improved spatial and temporal resolution. The small size, low cost, standardized form factor, and increasing availability of commercial parts for CubeSats make them ideal for use in constellations. However, without taking advantage of secondary payload opportunities, it would be costly to launch and distribute a CubeSat constellation...
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