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January 26, 2009

Japanes cubesats launched; Bob Twiggs reports from ESA CubeSat workshop

Along with a satellite to observe greenhouse gases, GOSAT, several new cubesats flew on Friday. Four of the seven secondary payloads were successfully deployed.

One cubesat was a tethered satellite whose purpose was to take pictures of the "mother" satellite. More on that story is here.

Related, please check out Bob Twiggs reporting at SEFSpaceworks on the ESA CubeSat Workshop!

Wayne

Posted at 08:54 AM in CubeSat, KySat |

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