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    #33: Cubesats: Orbital Science on a Budget

    November 8th, 2016 · 42 minutes

    This week, Jason and Stephen are joined by Glenn Fleishman to talk about the rising use of cubesats.

    Guest Starring: Glenn Fleishman

    This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:

    • Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!

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    Links and Show Notes

    Juno update: 53.5-day orbits for the foreseeable future, more Marble Movie | The Planetary Society
    Juno recovers from reboot, but propulsion problem lingers – Spaceflight Now
    Why NASA’s Juno mission could last a lot longer than it was supposed to - The Verge
    Launch moves China one step closer to a permanent space station - CBS News
    Ars Technica: A technical issue has occurred.
    China launches its longest crewed space mission yet (Update)
    CubeSats | NASA
    NASA Small Satellites Set to Take a Fresh Look at Earth | NASA
    Tiny satellites: Sputnik in 125 cubic cm | The Economist
    Phonesat | NASA
    KickSat-2 | NASA
    Planet Labs — Home
    GRACE - Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Satellites
    JPL | Cubesat | Lunar Flashlight
    War of the Coprophages - Wikipedia
    Glenn Fleishman (@GlennF) | Twitter
    Glenn Fleishman's Blog