They're popular Fifa 14 Ultimate Team Coins Nasa is currently seeking proposals for CubeSat projects to fly on rocketsbetween 2013 and 2016, and asteroid mining firm Planetary Resourceswill take CubeSats into space on its Arkyd 100 space telescopes.
However, there are already more than 20 in orbit above Earth.Most will burn up in the atmosphere when their mission concludes,but others will stick around, potentially creating spaceclutter.
These satellites could stay in space forever as trash, saysLozano. This trash could collide with other satellites. You couldbasically stop the Space Age with just a handful ofcollisions.
The microthrusters could solve this problem. CubeSats could actively propel themselves into the atmospherefor a quick, fiery, death. Or, they could act as rubbishcollectors, and drag larger satellites into the Earth's blazingouter furnace.
The rockets are smaller, and add little to the satellite'soverall weight (CubeSats must be less than one kilogram in mass tofly).
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