CubeSats: A bright future for nanosatellites

Central European Journal of Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-15

  Shiroma, Wayne A ^a   Martin, Larry K ^a   Akagi, Justin M ^a   Akagi, Jason T ^a   Wolfe, Byron L ^a   Fewell, Bryan A ^a   Ohta, Aaron T ^a  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

CubeSat; Nanosatellite; Picosatellite; Small satellite

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874281272     PISSN: 18961541     EISSN: 20819927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13531-011-0007-8     Document Type: Article

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