U.S. Military Eves Adapting Cubesats for Battlefield Use

摘要

Cubesats, once largely regarded as university teaching tools, are attracting the attention of U.S. military officials eager to use the miniature satellites to improve battlefield communications, monitor space weather and gather data from unattended sensors. Before cubesats can be widely used for those jobs, however, government and industry teams must devise ways to cram additional power and capability into the small satellites, government and industry officials said.