this one, smaller than a toaster. what can a single cube sat do? a variety of missions. could it take pictures? absolutely. most of it is research and development right now, trying to find out how can we really use this miniaturized technology. some of them even have some propulsion onboard. the idea is simple. spread america s space needs from the hundreds of satellites deployed today to thousands or more. too many targets for u.s. adversaries to take down. talk about redundancy, resiliency, incredible capability, and not just for the military, for commercial applications. global wi-fi, right? there you go. that s remarkable. it s great technology. for now, the u.s. still depends on their much larger predecessors, like this next-generation satellite, gps-3, due to launch in 2018. lockheed martin granted cnn an
microsatellites, cube sats like this one. smaller than a toaster. what can a single cube sat do? a variety of missions. could it take pictures? absolutely. most of it is research and development right now. right? trying to find out how can we really use this miniaturized technology? some of them even have some propulsion on board. the idea is simple. spread america s space needs from the hundreds of satellites deployed today to thousands or more. too many targets for u.s. adversaries to take down. talk about redundancy, resiliency, incredible capability, and not just for the military. for commercial applications. global wi-fi, right? there you go. that s remarkable. it s great technology. for now the u.s. still depends on their much larger predecessors, like this next generation satellite, gps 3, due