Carnegie Mellon University: Computing at Edges of Earth -- Beyond
March 07, 2020
March 07, 2020
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 7 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news on March 5:
Smaller than a playing card, a ChipSat is a tiny new type of satellite, equipped to sense its environment, compute and communicate. A 1.5x1.5x0.4 centimeter ChipSat costs about $50 to make -- compared to thousands of dollars for an already small, but more widespread 10x10x10 cm CubeSat. Their small size and low cost make it possible to fly swarms of hundreds or thousands of ChipSats . . .
Smaller than a playing card, a ChipSat is a tiny new type of satellite, equipped to sense its environment, compute and communicate. A 1.5x1.5x0.4 centimeter ChipSat costs about $50 to make -- compared to thousands of dollars for an already small, but more widespread 10x10x10 cm CubeSat. Their small size and low cost make it possible to fly swarms of hundreds or thousands of ChipSats . . .