Feb 08, 2011

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa gov

RELEASE: 11-038

NASA ANNOUNCES CANDIDATES FOR CUBESAT SPACE MISSIONS

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 20 small satellites to fly as auxiliary cargo aboard rockets planned to launch in 2011 and 2012 The proposed CubeSats come from a high school in Virginia, universities across the country, NASA field centers and Department of Defense organizations

CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites The cube-shaped satellites are approximately four inches long, have a volume of about one quart and weigh 2 2 pounds or less

The selections are from the second round of the CubeSat Launch Initiative The satellites are expected to conduct technology demonstrations, educational research or science missions The selected spacecraft are eligible for flight after final negotiations when an opportunity arises The satellites come from the following organizations, which include the first high school proposal selected for a CubeSat flight:

-- Air Force Research Lab, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio -- Drexel University, Philadelphia -- NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md (two CubeSats) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif (two CubeSats) -- Naval Research Lab, Washington (two CubeSats) -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Morehead State University, Morehead, Ky -- The Planetary Society, Pasadena, in partnership with NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffitt Field, Calif -- Space and Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, Ala -- St Louis University, St Louis, Miss -- Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, Va -- University of Colorado -- University of Hawaii -- University of Louisiana, Lafayette -- University of New Mexico -- U S Military Academy -- U S Naval Academy

The first CubeSats to be carried on an expendable vehicle for the agency's Launch Services Program will comprise NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite, or ELaNa, mission ELaNa will fly on the Glory mission scheduled to lift off on Feb 23 The 12 CubeSat payloads selected from the first round of the CubeSat Launch Initiative will have launch opportunities beginning later this year

For information about NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative program, visit:

http://www nasa gov/directorates/somd/home/CubeSats_initiative html

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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