Students and other users from around the world will be able to submit text strings to be uploaded to the TJ3Sat website , '' according to Orbital Sciences Corp , the developer and manufacturer of the Minotaur rocket . Rocket to carry one big satellite , 28 little ones . CubeSats are small , 3-pound nanosatellites . They can be launched into orbit by a rocket or from the ground using an unmanned spacecraft called a drone. The main payload satellite will conduct experiments on its expected 13-month mission .
Rocket to carry one big satellite , 28 little ones . CubeSats are small , 3-pound nanosatellites . They can be launched into orbit by a rocket or from the ground using an unmanned spacecraft called a drone. The main payload satellite will conduct experiments on its expected 13-month mission .