1 meter, The mission experienced communications challenges due to limited availability of the ground station, which resulted in the team establishing contact with only one of the three pico satellites. The team operated the "Gadget" pico satellite for nearly two months before terminating the experiment. See also Tether propulsion Tether satellite List of CubeSats References External links Satellites of the United States Spacecraft launched in 2007 CubeSats Stanford University Spacecraft launched by Dnepr rockets Satellites orbiting Earth