cubesats
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NASA Pinpoints Clogged Propellant Lines as the Cause of Lunar Flashlight’s End
Scientists behind the Lunar Flashlight believe titanium particles got lodged in three of four propellant lines, severely reducing the probe’s thrust.
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NASA Set to Launch Satellite Constellation to Better Track Extreme Storms From Space
NASA is finally, once again, scheduled to get its constellation of small, storm-monitoring satellites into space after a 2022 launch failure tanked two of the six planned cubesats. Launch of the TROPICS mission is set for May 8, at 11:00 a.m. AEST from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s North Island.
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Sony CubeSat Fires up Water-Based Engine in Earth Orbit for the First Time
Japanese company Pale Blue pulled off the first test of its experimental water vapour propulsion system, flying a nano-satellite for the first time in space using an environmentally friendly, cost-efficient propellant.
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Engineers Are Racing to Salvage a Cubesat That Launched With NASA’s Moon Mission
A mission to measure lunar water-ice on the Moon is in jeopardy after the cubesat failed to fire its engines shortly after launch. Time is now running out, as the team has until mid-January to fix the spacecraft’s thrusters and give it a second chance to enter lunar orbit.