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The legacy of an invention that transformed access to space – made in San Luis Obispo, the CubeSat marks 20-years in space this month

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June 30, 2023 marks 20 years since the launch of the very first CubeSat into space.

Twenty years ago this month a rocket blasted off into space with an invention on board that would go on to transform access to space. That invention, called the CubeSat, was a tiny satellite the shape and size of a square tissue box.

It became so popular that last year it was inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame.

In this episode of The One Oh One, the story and the consequential legacy of the CubeSat.

You can read the text/digital version of this episode here. 

Michelle oversees digital products at KCLU and is the host and creator of the station's first award-winning podcast The One Oh One. The podcast has won a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, an RTNA 'Best Podcast' award and an LA Press Club award.