Deploying Cubesats From the ISS
Cubesat Deployment
NASA
In the grasp of the Japanese robotic arm, the CubeSat deployer releases a pair of NanoRacks CubeSat miniature satellites.
The Planet Labs Dove satellites that were carried to the International Space Station aboard the Orbital Sciences Cygnus commercial cargo craft are being deployed between Aug. 19 and Aug. 25. A section of the station solar array wings is at left.
ISS040-E-102425 (20 Aug. 2014) — Larger image
