Speaking at a recent Belgium meeting about the use of cubesat constellations for in-situ measurements in the lower thermosphere and for re-entry research, Morehead State University professor Bob Twiggs took to the time to reference his work in Kentucky and the Nanoracks initiative, according to Hobbyspace.
He explained that, since his retirement from Calpoly (California Polytechnic State University) in San Luis Obispo, he is cooperating with the recently established Space Science Center of Morehead State University, in Kentucky. He is promoting the development of new educational low-cost tools in orbit to put student teams close to the environment of space, to stimulate innovative R & D efforts in universities and institutes with low-cost but advanced technologies. He described the system of nanoracks (with Cubesat-type platforms) onboard the ISS (International Space Station) and the miniaturized 16 PocketQub picosatellites (which consists of 2-cm side cubes of some hundred grams, for a cost of 5000-10.000 dollars).
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