“NASA and The Aerospace Corporation of El Segundo, California, have received confirmation the Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) CubeSat spacecraft is in orbit and operational. OCSD launched aboard an Atlas V rocket Thursday from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. OCSD is the first in a new series of six NASA-managed technology demonstration missions set to launch during the coming months using CubeSats to test technologies that can enable new uses for these miniature satellites, which measure 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm (about 4 inches per side). NASA, other government agencies, academia and commercial companies can incorporate these technologies, which range from high-speed communications to novel propulsion systems to technologies that enable rendezvous and docking, into future space missions.”
Related Content
Related Posts:
- NASA Data Reveals Possible Reason Some Exoplanets Are Shrinking
- NASA’s 6-Pack of Mini-Satellites Ready for Their Moment in the Sun
- Webb Study Reveals Rocky Planets Can Form in Extreme Environments
- NASA’s Voyager Team Focuses on Software Patch, Thrusters
- Webb Detects Tiny Quartz Crystals in Clouds of Hot Gas Giant
- NASA’s Webb Captures an Ethereal View of NGC 346
- NASA Sets Coverage for Psyche Spacecraft Launch to Metal World
- Autonomous Systems Help NASA’s Perseverance Do More Science on Mars
- NASA Scientists Test New Tool for Tracking Algal Blooms
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Safely Returns to Earth Near Florida Coast