{"id":4829,"date":"2013-10-07T02:05:54","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T02:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4829"},"modified":"2013-10-07T06:25:36","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T06:25:36","slug":"kickstarter-for-pocketquebes-pocket-sized-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4829","title":{"rendered":"Kickstarter for PocketQuebes – pocket sized satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Glasgow based\u00a0PocketQube Shop<\/a>\u00a0 has opened a Kickstarter campaign to fund their PocketQubes sats:\u00a0Want to build a satellite but don’t have a NASA sized budget? by PocketQube Shop \u2014 Kickstarter<\/a><\/p>\n

PocketQubes are tiny satellites which are small enough to fit in your Pocket. They are 5cm cubes and you can stack them up to create larger satellites, for example 1.5 PocketQubes or\u00a01.5p<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a02.5p<\/b>. Why go small? They are\u00a0cheapest\u00a0<\/b>fully functional\u00a0class of\u00a0satellite to launch.<\/b><\/p>\n

The standard was proposed by Professor Bob Twiggs, creator of the revolutionary Cubesat form factor and voted as one of 10 space professionals “That made a Difference in Space<\/i>” (The other two selected from the United States were Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and the US President, Barack Obama).<\/p>\n

At the end of November the first 4 PocketQubes will be launched into Orbit from Russia! There will be more going next year.<\/p>\n

This Kickstarter is focused upon\u00a0structures<\/i><\/b>, the building blocks of any satellite. We want to enable as many teams as possible to start\u00a0designing<\/b>,\u00a0building<\/b><\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0launching<\/b><\/i>\u00a0their own satellite today!!<\/p>\n

That is why we are offering you a chance to support the NewSpace revolution, with\u00a0T-Shirts<\/b>,\u00a03D Printed\u00a0Models<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Aluminium Structures<\/b>\u00a0for your first satellite project!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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