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A CubeSat being developed by Texas State as part of the multi-university Pleiades Five Program, with launch services provided by NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative.
The Pleiades Five collaboration
The Pleiades Five Program is a collaboration between Cal Poly Pomona, Columbia University, Northeastern University, UC Santa Cruz, and Texas State University. Each participating institution is developing its own satellite as part of a coordinated cluster.
Cal Poly Pomona leads the program and designed the satellite bus we’re using. Their goal is to make a CubeSat kit that institutions without prior satellite experience can assemble and outfit with their own scientific payload — lowering the barrier to entry for university spaceflight.
Texas State’s role
Our team is responsible for assembling the Cal Poly Pomona satellite bus and integrating a scientific payload of our choosing. NASA is providing the launch through the CubeSat Launch Initiative.
Application materials
You can read our application to NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative below.