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CubeSats and Their Roles in NASA’s Earth Science Investigations
Our feature article in the Nov-Dec 2020 issue of The Earth Observer focuses on how researchers and technologists worldwide are turning their attention to CubeSats and other “small satellites” as a means of getting the most bang for the research buck. A subclass of nanosatellites with remarkable capabilities given their small size, NASA and other space agencies are increasingly supporting observations from CubeSats, which are a subclass of nanosatellites with remarkable capabilities given their small size and are flown largely as piggy-back payloads of opportunity. CubeSats are already making contributions to terrestrial remote sensing—and to space science as well—having platforms that include the basic functional satellite modules as well as sensors that provide data comparable to and/or supportive of measurements from larger platforms. Turn to page 5 of this issue to learn more.
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