This is a CubeSat.
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It's a satellite that weighs only about 3 pounds, and it's revolutionizing the way we can collect data about the Earth.
Partly because they're so small, CubeSats only cost about $100,000 — cheap in comparison to the minimum $50 million it usually costs to launch a satellite into space.
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NASA's CubeSats Initiative has encouraged students, from elementary school to college, to launch their own satellites. The agency's Space Grant Program has paid for most of the ones students have made.
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In many cases, students have designed and built the CubeSats themselves.
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