“There are definite limitations to small spacecraft,” said NASA’s Small Spacecraft Technology program executive Chris Baker (left). “They are not the solution for everything but they can be part of the solution.” Credit: Keith Johnson for SpaceNews

Small satellites are at the center of a space industry transformation

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No longer the province of university researchers and technology developers, small satellites are moving into the aerospace mainstream.

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Space Tech Expo USA 2018

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Space Tech Expo will be returning to Pasadena for 2018. America’s engineering and manufacturing meeting place for space technology grows bigger and better year on year, bringing together industry leaders, decision-makers and buyers to meet t…

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Aerospace Corp. engineers used iLab time to refine a concept for self-assembling Hive satellites. (Credit: Aerospace Corp.)

Aerospace Corp.’s iLab encourages out-of-the-box thinking without leaving home

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Instead of designing satellites years before they launch to perform specific tasks, what if small multipurpose satellites were designed for a variety of jobs? And what if those satellites could be launched separately before linking in orbit to perform one mission, then reconfigured to tackle a different job? That’s the concept behind the Aerospace Corporation’s adaptable multipurpose satellite concept, called Hive.

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