ArduSat is an

Arduino Arduino () is an open-source hardware and software company, project, and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices. Its hardware products are licensed unde ...

based

nanosatellite A small satellite, miniaturized satellite, or smallsat is a satellite of low mass and size, usually under . While all such satellites can be referred to as "small", different classifications are used to categorize them based on mass. Satellites ca ...

, based on the

CubeSat A CubeSat is a class of miniaturized satellite based around a form factor consisting of cubes. CubeSats have a mass of no more than per unit, and often use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components for their electronics and structure. CubeSats ...

standard. It contains a set of Arduino boards and sensors. The general public will be allowed to use these Arduinos and sensors for their own creative purposes while they are in space. ArduSat is created by NanoSatisfi LLC, an aerospace company which in the words of

Phil Plait Philip Cary Plait (born September 30, 1964), also known as The Bad Astronomer, is an American astronomer, skeptic, and popular science blogger. Plait has worked as part of the Hubble Space Telescope team, images and spectra of astronomical objec ...

has "the goal to democratize access to space" and was founded by 4 graduate students from the

International Space University The International Space University (ISU) is dedicated to the discovery, research, and development of outer space and its applications for peaceful purposes, through international and multidisciplinary education and research programs. ISU was f ...

in 2012. ArduSat is the first satellite which will provide such open access to the general public to space. It is one of several

crowdfunded satellites Crowdfunded satellites are artificial satellites that have been funded by using crowdfunding, rather than more traditional methods of financing. Several crowdfunded satellites have been launched in the 2010s, including SkyCube, KickSat, ArduSat, a ...

launched during the

2010s File:2010s collage v21.png, From top left, clockwise: Anti-government protests called the Arab Spring arose in 2010–2011, and as a result, many governments were overthrown, including when Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was Death of Muammar Gadd ...

. Currently the project evolved to the company Because Learning.

Timeline of the project

Technical features

ArduSat-1 & ArduSat-X

The ArduSat project currently consists in two identical satellites: ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X.

References

External links

{{Orbital launches in 2013 Satellites of the United States CubeSats Citizen science 2013 in spaceflight Spacecraft launched in 2013 Kickstarter-funded spacecraft Nanosatellites Satellites deployed from the International Space Station Secondary payloads

Timeline of the project

Technical features

ArduSat-1 & ArduSat-X

See also

References

External links