Six More Small Satellites to Study Earth and Space Weather

Six tiny satellites have been approved to join the CubeSat program for NASA's 2014 fiscal year. Although each satellite measures just 30 by 10 by 10 centimetres, they're capable of big science. The projects will collect data on terrestrial and space weather, with two particularly focusing on plasma bubbles. he approved projects for the 2014 CubeSats are: ELFIN-STAR (Helio-1): The Electron Losses In Fields INvestigation CubeSat will measure the radiation belt. The CubeSat will loaded with a fluxgate magnetometer and a pair of energetic particle detectors, one each for ions and electrons... More

(Source: io9 - Jun 22)