Punkin

A trade with JadedMagi for one of Kuiper’s Halloween kiddos! I love this gal’s name and I found a way to make it cosmic space/horror-y by linking it to one of NASA’s suppliers for nano satellite technology~

She’s also my first stitched baby so super excited for that achievement! Thanks Ozzie, I’m love her Her cat’s name is Coraline :3

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Located in San Francisco, Pumpkin creates products used in a wide range of high-tech industries. A worldwide leader in the nanosatellite market, Pumpkin Space Systems has enabled dozens of successful space missions by providing nanosatellite components and complete CubeSats to government, commercial and educational organizations. They create CubeSats, miniature cubed satellites. ​Experts in small satellites, product design, embedded systems, manufacturing and rapid turnaround, Pumpkin has delivered unique and cost-effective solutions to customers world-wide. Pumpkin is ITAR- registered with the U.S. DDTC. The CAGE code is 4LEJ8. A CubeSat (U-class spacecraft) is a type of miniaturized satellite for space research that is made up of multiples of 10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm cubic units. CubeSats have a mass of no more than 1.33 kilograms (2.9 lb) per unit, and often use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components for their electronics and structure. CubeSats are commonly put in orbit by deployers on the International Space Station, or launched as secondary payloads on a launch vehicle. More than 1200 CubeSats have been launched as of January 2020. More than 1100 have been successfully deployed in orbit and more than 80 have been destroyed in launch failures.

Uses typically involve experiments that can be miniaturized or serve purposes such as Earth observation or amateur radio. CubeSats are employed to demonstrate spacecraft technologies intended for small satellites or that present questionable feasibility and are unlikely to justify the cost of a larger satellite. Scientific experiments with unproven underlying theory may also find themselves aboard CubeSats because their low cost can justify higher risks. Biological research payloads have been flown on several missions, with more planned. Several missions to the Moon and Mars are planning to use CubeSats. In May 2018, the two MarCO CubeSats became the first CubeSats to leave Earth orbit, on their way to Mars alongside the successful InSight mission.

Some CubeSats have become the first national satellites of their countries, being launched by universities, state-owned, or private companies. The searchable Nanosatellite and CubeSat Database lists over 2,000 CubeSats that have been and are planned to be launched since 1998.