SRI's Radio Aurora Explorer (RAX) CubeSat launched in November 2010 on a Minotaur-IV rocket as part of a National Science Foundation program to use CubeSats—small satellites (typically a 10-centimeter cube weighing about one kilogram), for science missions dedicated to space weather and atmospheric research. This CubeSat launch is the first funded by the NSF.

Media Resources

Coverage
CNET: SRI shows the benefits of shrinking tech
NSF.Gov: Tracking the Causes of Space-Based Weather Disruptions
Red Orbit: Tracking the Causes of Space-Based Weather Disruptions
Space.com: NSF Taps Tiny CubeSats for Big Space Science

Press Releases
2010: SRI Launches CubeSat for Space Weather and Atmospheric Research
2008: SRI and the University of Michigan Awarded National Science Foundation Contract to Build CubeSats for Space Science

Images
CubeSats 1, CubeSats2

Websits
http://rax.sri.com/

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