Crowdfunded satellites

Crowdfunded satellites are artificial satellites that have been funded by using crowdfunding, rather than more traditional methods of financing.

Several crowdfunded satellites have been launched in the 2010s, including SkyCube,[1] KickSat,[2] ArduSat,[3] all of which resulted from successful Kickstarter campaigns, and the Russian Mayak,[4] which used the Russian Boomstarter platform. Crowdfunded satellites are an example of public participation to research.

References
  1. "NASA - NanoRacks-SkyCube". www.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  2. Fish, Elizabeth (14 November 2011). "Explore Space With A Spacecraft The Size Of A Postage Stamp". PCWorld. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  3. Plait, Phil (15 June 2012). "Kickstart your way to an experiment on a satellite!". Bad Astronomy. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  4. Morton, Elise (17 July 2017). "Russian students launch crowdfunded satellite". The Calvert Journal. Retrieved 2019-01-05.


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