Sentences with phrase «of nanosatellites»

The group has been involved in the development of TESS, as well as a separate project called ExoplanetSat, a suite of nanosatellites that will each focus on one bright star at a time to search for transiting exoplanets.

CubeSats are a distinctively low - cost class of nanosatellite that can weigh less than three pounds and come in a standard size and shape.

Not exact matches

• Terran Orbital, an Irvine, Calif. - based nanosatellite design, development, manufacturing, testing and launch company, raised funding of an undisclosed amount from Lockheed Martin Ventures.

Fears of nigh - invisible debris swarms place a ceiling of sorts on Sprites and similarly - sized nanosatellites, which U.S. federal officials have informally forbidden from venturing higher than 400 kilometers above Earth.

A boom in nanosatellites could revolutionize space science and industry, but also dramatically increase the hazards of space junk

If all goes well, by the end of the month «Flock 1,» as the group is called, will distribute its nanosatellites in Earth orbit, the better to photograph the complete surface of the planet at high resolution 365 days a year.

As their cost and size have plummeted, partly in response to the availability of standardized off - the - shelf components, nanosatellites such as CubeSat, have opened up unprecedented opportunities in remote sensing.

So we engaged a team of undergraduate students to build ExoplanetSat, a prototype nanosatellite that could monitor a Sun - like star for two years.

The tree - like formations in this molten salt formed under the high - radiation of a transmission electron microscope beam; the jet of ions from the material could serve as a thruster for a nanosatellite

Many of these tiny thrusters packed together could propel a spacecraft over great distances, maybe even to the nearest exoplanet, and they are particularly useful for Earth - orbiting nanosatellites, which can be as small as a shoe box.

This collective group of small nanosatellites, known as Flock 1, will be joined by 28 additional Dove satellites, Flock 1b, on the Orbital - 2 mission.

The nanosatellite, known as PicSat, will observe the transit of the planet Beta Pictoris b as it passes in front of its host star.