SKYCUBE “The First Satellite Launched by You!”

This popular crowdfounded CubeSat had 2,711 backers. SkyCube “is about changing space exploration from something reserved for governments, corporations, and billionaires into an arena that is affordable and accessible by everyone. It's about inspiring a new generation to take risks and accept challenges. It's about acting collectively, sharing risks and expenses, to achieve something together that none of us could have accomplished alone.” Their mission was to tweet messages submitted by its backers, to take pictures of places they have requested and and de-orbits cleanly. But their signals only were received twice; the solar panels were not deployed.

Launch date: January 9, 2014
Satellite Catalog No: NORAD ID 39567
Int'l Designator: COSPAR 1998-067EL
Aplication: Technology, Amateur Radio, Imaging
Configuration: 1U
Tags: Space Nanosatellite CubeSat Education

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SKYCUBE “The First Satellite Launched By You!”

A narration of Space Democratization with #DigitalCollectibles #BuiltOnEthereum. A prototype of the first illustrated nanosatellites history using NFTs (only 59 minted using the very first version of Minbase –that is no longer available) #Space4Everyone