About Us

In 2000, we were assisting university students on how to use our embedded software for microsatellite missions. Over the next few years, we realized that a comprehensive, off-the-shelf CubeSat kit could greatly improve each mission's chances for an on-time and successful launch. Thus the CubeSat Kit™ was born.

Our goals seemed simple at the time ... pluggable modules, minimal mass (for maximum payload), high strength, as few fasteners as possible, extreme low-power operation using a single-chip RISC MCU, a cable-free interconnect scheme, the ability to accept PC/104 cards, integrated transceiver and USB support, a versatile electrical backplane, excellent shielding, complete conformance to the CubeSat spec, scalability to 10x10x5/10/15/20/30cm CubeSat form factors, and finally, an affordable price.

Additionally, we realized that if we were to offer an integrated hardware and software development environment as part of the kit, users could develop the mission-specific components without working inside the constraints of a physical CubeSat.

With input from several advisors — including some of the original CubeSat design team — and after four major design revisions (it wasn't so easy after all ...), we delivered the first three production CubeStat Kits™ to our first customer in Q4 2003.

With a CubeSat Kit™, you design, develop and test your modular mission-specific subsystems and software on the kit's Development Board. Once you've completed your CubeSat in the lab, you simply unplug your modules from the Development Board and move them over to the kit's Flight Model. Then download your software into the Flight MCU. Attach your solar cells and antenna, and you're ready to launch!

We invite you to learn more about the professionally designed and SolidWorks®-modelled CubeSat Kit through the resources on this website, and by contacting us directly.

The CubeSat Kit™ is made in U.S.A.