MCubed-2 is packed up and on its way to Vandenberg Air Force Base for launch! It’s scheduled to launch later this year with NROL-39 on an Atlas V rocket.
MCubed-2 on its way to the launch pad!
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MCubed-2 Acceptance Vibe Completed
This past week, MCubed-2 along with all the other CubeSats on the GEMSat launch successfully passed the acceptance vibe test for the NPSCul system — the multiple P-POD deployment system from the Naval Post Graduate School and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Thanks to Cal Poly and NPS for their support on the integration. And Continue Reading »
To infinity and beyond!
We’re headed to deep space with the help of Prof. Ben Longmier and you! Check out our Kickstarter project, CAT: A Thruster for Interplanetary CubeSats. The goal is to develop a thruster that will propel a 5kg satellite into deep space, far beyond Earth orbit, at 1/1000th the cost of previous missions. We have a Continue Reading »
Tesla Towing?
Dear Elon, MXL students recently discovered the Telsa S can tow. See picture below. Would you like to donate one to MXL to support our balloon launch campaigns?
Thanks,
The MXL Team — proud supplier of engineers to SpaceX
Fishing Line Rocket Science
Fishing line comes in handy for our brand of rocket science…building small satellites. Lucas Mason and Josh Weiss are working diligently below to tie down antennas for the MCubed satellite. They are using simple nylon fishing line and thread to secure the antenna to the sides of the satellite as required by the launch integration folks at Continue Reading »