PocketQube Shop Open for Nanosat Business

PocketQube Shop Open for Nanosat Business
PocketQube Shop, 10 January 2014
http://www.pocketqubeshop.com/

A startup based in Glasgow, Scotland, PocketQube shop wants to get more people building and launching their own satellites. We want to provide a hub for the fledgling class of PocketQube satellites by offering a one stop shop with the largest selection of parts available anywhere. PocketQubes are 5cm cubed spacecraft, proposed by Prof Bob Twiggs of Morehead State University (formerly Stanford). The first 4 PocketQubes made orbit on the 21st of November 2013.

PocketQube Standard
PocketQube.org, 10 January 2014
http://pocketqub.org/standard/

The 1U CubeSat was originally conceived as a cube, 100mm on each side with a mass of 1000g.

The 1Q PocketQub is one eighth of a CubeSat - a cube 50mm / 2 inches on each side with a mass of 125g.

Within the limitations of the format, it is recommended that PocketQubs are designed to meet as many of the CubeSat Design Specifications as is practical.

Microlaunchers: Technology for a New Space Age

Microlaunchers: Technology for a New Space Age
Amazon, 5 January 2014
http://www.amazon.com/Microlaunchers-Technology-Space-Series-Volume/dp/1491281111

I've been involved in writing a book about small launch vehicles over the last year with Charles Pooley. It is now available at Amazon.com.

The book is described there as:

A vision for a new space age based on small launch vehicles. An
introduction to microlaunchers and microlaunchers technology with
a general overview of rocket design and engineering but at a
popular and student level. Written for those who have a basic
understanding of high school algebra and physics.

In writing this, I've tried to make it as educational as possible. For those wanting to learn more about small launch vehicles, this is one of a very small list of books that focus on this subject. There are very few sources that cover these issues together at the price and the readability that I hope this book has.