NASA is to invest increasing amounts of its attention and money in developing small satellite projects . The US space agency is planning to spend around $ 100 m a year on mini " CubeSats " , as well as slightly larger small satellites , its Associate Administrator announced in a speech to a conference . There’s no collection of CubeSats that could do The focus on satellite development will also involve letting a number of contracts to purchase imagery and data from three commercial satellite companies – Planet , DigitalGlobe and Spire – and will also be creating " rideshare " opportunities for companies to launch payloads from NASA facilities .
NASA is to invest increasing amounts of its attention and money in developing small satellite projects . The US space agency is planning to spend around $ 100 m a year on mini " CubeSats " , as well as slightly larger small satellites , its Associate Administrator announced in a speech to a conference . The focus on satellite development will also involve letting a number of contracts to purchase imagery and data from three commercial satellite companies – Planet , DigitalGlobe and Spire – and will also be creating " rideshare " opportunities for companies to launch payloads from NASA facilities .