[amsat-bb] Bob Twiggs' students - Skybox

[Gregory Beat]

Space News story on SkySat-1 and SkySat-2 being shipped to Russia for upcoming launch.
http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/37671skybox-imagings-hopes-high-as-launch-of-first-satellites-draws-near

"Skybox’s satellites weigh approximately 100 kilograms and are slightly larger than the miniature refrigerators often found in college dormitory rooms. Although the satellites dwarf the 1-kilogram cubesats many of the firm’s executives, including founders Berkenstock and Julian Mann, worked on in the Stanford laboratory — their professor at Stanford, Bob Twiggs, helped to invent the tiny spacecraft — the CubeSat approach is readily apparent at Skybox headquarters. The Skybox design team created satellites capable of gathering 1-meter resolution imagery while eschewing costly features that would raise the price of each satellite."

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