Deploying a Set of CubeSats From the International Space
Station
A set of NanoRacks CubeSats is photographed by an Expedition 38 crew member
after deployment by the NanoRacks Launcher attached to the end of the Japanese
robotic arm. The CubeSats program contains a variety of experiments such as
Earth observations and advanced electronics testing. International Space Station
solar array panels are at left. Earth's horizon and the blackness of space
provide the backdrop for the scene.
Two sets of CubeSats were deployed late Wednesday, Feb. 26 and early
Thursday, Feb. 27, leaving just two more launches to go of the 33 CubeSats that
were delivered to the station in January by Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus cargo ship.
The latest CubeSats were sent on their way at 8:50 p.m. EST Wednesday and 2:40
a.m. Thursday. CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites
and have small, standardized sizes to reduce costs. Two final batches of
CubeSats are set for deployment at 11:20 p.m. Thursday and 2:30 a.m. Friday, but
more are scheduled to be delivered to the station on the second Orbital
commercial resupply mission in May.
Image Credit: NASA
NASA
Guillermo Gonzalo Sánchez Achutegui
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