From: | David R. |
Sent on: | Friday, May 20, 2016, 11:44 AM |
How many Arduino devices are in the Cubesat program and now operating in space?
https://amsat-uk.org/2013/09/15/eevblog-ardusat-arduino-cubesat/
CubeSats Deployed From the International Space Station
CubeSats fly free after leaving the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer on the International Space Station on May 17, 2016. Seen here are two Dove satellites. The satellites are part of a constellation designed, built and operated by Planet Labs Inc. to take images of Earth from space.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/cubesats-deployed-from-the-international-space-station
Ardusat
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:27300
This is a full scale (moderately simplified) 3D printer-ready copy of the ArduSat, the wildly successful Kickstarter.com satellite for personal space exploration (received $106,330 funding, 3X their original goal!).
I am a supporter of the project, and have worked closely with Joel Spark (provided the original stl files) of the ArduSat team to create the first 3D print of this online. My daughter will be doing a week of ArduSat space science in 2013 when this launches (proud Dad).
For space science enthusiasts, see the links below for more background on the ArduSat project:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/575960623/ardusat-your-arduino-experiment-in-space?ref=live