NASA PRESS RELEASE
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., and m2mi Corp., Moffett Field, Calif., announced Thursday they are taking a revolutionary step forward in improving telecommunications and networking from space.
Under the terms of a cooperative research and development agreement, only the third in NASA’s history, NASA Ames and m2mi will work together to develop very small satellites, called nanosats, for the commercialization of space.
“NASA wants to work with companies to develop a new economy in space,” said NASA Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden. “m2mi has great technology that fits excellently with our goals, while enhancing the commercial use of NASA-developed technologies.”
Nanosatellites are small satellites weighing between 11 and 110 pounds. A large number of these satellites, called a constellation, will be placed in low Earth orbit for the new telecommunications and networking system.
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