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 space. 

ArduSat is created by NanoSatisfi LLC, an aerospace company which in the word of Phil Plait has "the goal to democratize access to space" and was founded by 4 graduate students from the International Space University 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 launched during the 2010s. 

Timeline of the project

Technical features

ArduSat-1 & ArduSat-X 

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

See also

 2013 in spaceflight

References

External links

Category:Satellites of the United States
Category:CubeSats
Category:Citizen science
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Category:Nanosatellites
Category:Satellites deployed from the International Space Station