Sentences with phrase «unit cubesat»
NEA Scout is a six - unit CubeSat that relies on an innovative solar sail for propulsion.
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Kelso notes that the creators of the CubeSat standard chose the 10 - centimeter unit size based largely on what the community understood the Pentagon's Space Surveillance Network could track — because knowing a satellite's location is key to using it.
The average CubeSat size is «one unit» or «1U» measuring 10 X 10 X 10 centimeters, but can be upsized to 1.5, 2, 3, 6 or even 12U.