NASA to launch first CubeSat built by students

• US space agency NASA is set to launch three small research satellites, or CubeSats, which have been designed and developed by more than 400 students from two universities and a primary school.

• CubeSats were selected through the CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) as part of the ninth installment of the Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa) missions, a NASA statement said. ELaNa IX will be launched atop an Atlas V rocket that is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at at 5.55 p.m on Thursday.

• The CubeSats will be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) through the commercially-operated NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer (NRCSD) system. CubeSats are playing an increasingly larger role in exploration, technology demonstrations, scientific research and educational investigations at NASA.

Keywords – CubeSats, CubeSat Launch Initiative, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

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