Space-industry belt-tightening and ever shrinking technology are combining to give tiny satellites a big future, scientists say.

Sometimes as small as softballs, the little orbiters are cheaper and quicker to build than the megabuck, monster-size satellites that have dominated for decades.

“In the last ten years small satellites have started to take off across different industries and the world,” said Pat Patterson of the Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University. Read more…

According to Graeme Stemp-Morlock

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Posted By: ashley | Aug 21st

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