Tiny SkyCube and ArduSat-2 satellites venture into orbit

The International Space Station has been busy this month releasing the largest-ever group of CubeSats – tiny shoebox-sized satellites that can take images of Earth, log environmental data and even tweet messages. Late last night, crew members aboard the ISS released five more CubeSats operated by two San Francisco companies, a Peruvian university and the the country of Lithuania. They join Planet Labs' flock of 28 satellites that were already released this month. More

(Source: GigaOM - Mar 4)