CubeSat Forums

NASA put out this document to help guide CubeSat developers
https://standards.nasa.gov/standard/gsfc/gsfc-std-7000

What has your experience been in qualifying your CubeSat for flight? Were there simplifications that the launch provider would accept?

One of the reasons CubeSats have reduced the barrier to entry is that the standardization of the structure made it easier for launch providers to integrate them as secondary payloads. Here are some documents that help you understand what the size the structures are and what tolerances they need to a...

Not many components from electronic suppliers are space rated, and those that are usually so expensive that they're out of reach for cubesat developers. For components, like capacitors and microcontrollers, I pick components that can handle a temperature range from -55°C ~ 85°C. I found that to be s...

I'm Sam, the developer of this website. I've been working in the smallsat community for 5 years and saw the need for such a forum. In other fields, there are online communities where individuals post suggestions and offer advice to problems other developers encounter, but didn't see anything equival...

Are you interested in helping to grow the CubeSat Forum community? We sure could use your help!

We're looking for volunteers to develop content, moderate the forum, and help this budding website grow.

Interested? Send me a PM and let's talk!

I typically go to 2 main conferences: SmallSat Symposium (February, Mountain View, CA), CubeSat Developers' Workshop (April, San Luis Obispo, CA), and SmallSat Conference (August, Logan, UT). I go to the SmallSat Symposium because there is a lot of focus on business trends. CubeSat Developers' Works...

NASA Ames makes their own using extrusions from Parker Steel ( https://www.metricmetal.com/product/aluminum/square-tube/aluminum-square-tube-6060/ ). You have to make the ends, but they work. They've been used in the TechEdSat series. I've had experience with pumpkin 3U, and found them to be pretty ...

Below is a list of resources I find very useful: - Space Mission Analysis and Design (SMAD): The go to book for designing missions and system architecture for small and big satellites. - NASA's CubeSat 101 Document: Good overview of the process (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/n...

Hi All,
We've got the basic pages setup. We've put together this forum in the hopes it can help advance the state of the art for the CubeSat Community.

Greatly appreciate any thoughts you may have on improving it!