U.S. Army Cubesat Completes Monthlong Demonstration; 2 More May Launch This Year

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A U.S. Army satellite about the size of a loaf of bread re-entered the atmosphere Jan. 12 following a monthlong demonstra-tion that showed such tiny satellites can perform a number of low-data-rate com-munications missions for the military, serv-ice officials said Jan. 6.The Huntsville, Ala.-based Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) hopes to launch two more of the tiny satel-lites this year, and it is soliciting informa-tion from industry to possibly develop larg-er satellites, John London, SMDC's nanosatellite technology manager, said in an interview.