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
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- ^ Fish, Elizabeth (14 November 2011). "Explore Space With A Spacecraft The Size Of A Postage Stamp". PCWorld. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ Plait, Phil (15 June 2012). "Kickstart your way to an experiment on a satellite!". Bad Astronomy. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ Morton, Elise (17 July 2017). "Russian students launch crowdfunded satellite". The Calvert Journal. Retrieved 5 January 2019.