Crowdfunded satellites are

artificial satellites A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioisotope ...

that have been funded by using

crowdfunding Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people, typically via the internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and alternative finance. In 2015, over was raised worldwide by crow ...

, rather than more traditional methods of financing. Several crowdfunded satellites have been launched in the

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, including SkyCube,

KickSat KickSat was a satellite dispenser for small-satellite ( femtosatellite) project inaugurated in early October 2011, to launch many very small satellites from a 3U CubeSat. The satellites have been characterized as being the size of a large posta ...

ArduSat ArduSat is an Arduino based nanosatellite, based on the CubeSat 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 spac ...

, all of which resulted from successful

Kickstarter Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, ...

campaigns, and the Russian

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,{{Cite web, url=https://www.calvertjournal.com/news/show/8606/russian-students-launch-crowdfunded-satellite, title=Russian students launch crowdfunded satellite, last=Morton, first=Elise, date=17 July 2017, website=The Calvert Journal, language=en, archive-url=, archive-date=, access-date=2019-01-05 which used the Russian Boomstarter platform. Crowdfunded satellites are an example of

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to research.

References

Satellites A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioisotop ...

Satellites Citizen science Crowdfunded science