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<p>Above are two examples of cube satellites. The image on the left is an artist rendering of Montana State University’s Explorer 1 CubeSat. The image on the right is a CubeSat created by the University of Michigan designated the Michigan Mulitpurpose Mini-satellite, or M-Cubed. M-Cubed’s mission is to obtain mid-resolution color imagery of Earth’s surface and ultimately advance technology required for real-time, high-data-rate instrument processing relevant to future Earth science.</p>

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SKC science program reaches into space with NASA CubeSat satellite
April 20, 2012 7:30 a.m.

SKC science program reaches into space with NASA CubeSat satellite

PABLO — Salish Kootenai College is going to the final frontier, but it won’t need the Starship Enterprise to get there.