December 05, 2018

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December 05, 2018

CubeSail Offical Launch Window Opens December 12!

The official launch window for the CubeSail mission opens at 10:00 PM Central Standard Time on Wednesday, December 12 (which is 5:00 PM Dec. 13 in New Zealand)! The mission will launch from New Zealand on a RocketLab Electron rocket provided through the NASA Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) initiative. We will provide updates as they become available. 

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July 13, 2018

VISIT CUA AT SMALLSAT

CU Aerospace will have a booth at the 32nd Annual Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah, August 4-9, 2017. Stop by our table, T231, to discuss our latest CubeSat technologies, including CubeSail , PUC, and CHIPS (shown at left).

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April 19, 2018

CubeSail in the News

The CubeSail mission is detailed by Team leader and UIUC student Dawn Haken.

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April 13, 2018

Rocket Lab Performs Successful Fit Check for CubeSail Mission

CubeSail was successfully fit checked with its railpod launch dispenser at the Rocket Lab facility in Huntington Beach, CA.

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December 24, 2017

CubeSail Satellite Bus Engineer Talks with News-Gazette

Dawn Haken, a junior in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the student team lead for the IlliniSat 2 bus which is being used for the CU Aerospace CubeSail mission. She is interviewed by the News-Gazette to discuss mission goals and upcoming launch schedule. Watch the video here: http://www.news-gazette.com/video/2017-12-24/wired-dawn-haken.html

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August 23, 2017

CUA Mentioned in Planetary Society Solar Sailing Missions Overview

CU Aerospace co-founder Victoria Coverstone is quoted in Planetary Society's solar sailing mission update overview.

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February 10, 2016

CUA CubeSail Mission Slated for Launch

The joint CU Aerospace/University of Illinois mission CubeSail is officially manifested for launch in mid-2017. It will launch through the NASA program Educational Launch of Nanosatellites: Project ELaNa  to 85 deg. inclination, 500 km altitude.

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January 08, 2014

BBC Two airs segment highlighting Zero G research flight

The BBC show Stargazing Live tapes on Zero G research flight on which CUA hardware was flown. CubeSail can be seen at 0:52, 0:56, and 3:40 in the YouTube video linked below.

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November 17, 2013

CubeSail hardware tested on Zero G flight

Senior Engineer, Julia Laystrom-Woodard, tests the CubeSail payload hardware on a Zero G research flight.

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September 01, 2013

UltraSail/CubeSail Technology Featured in NASA Tech Briefs

The CU Aerospace/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign team is featured for their UltraSail/CubeSail technology development in NASA Tech Briefs.

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May 31, 2012

CU Aerospace Featured on Next Big Future

The CU Aerospace CubeSail mission has been featured on the tech blog Next Big Future.

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