Editing CubeSat (section)

=== Deployment ===
[[File:CSSWE CubeSat and PPOD prior to integration.png|thumb|[[CSSWE]] next to its P-POD before integration and launch]]
P-PODs (Poly-PicoSatellite Orbital Deployers) were designed with CubeSats to provide a common platform for [[secondary payload]]s.<ref name="esappod"/> P-PODs are mounted to a [[launch vehicle]] and carry CubeSats into orbit and deploy them once the proper signal is received from the launch vehicle. The P-POD Mk III has capacity for three 1U CubeSats, or other 0.5U, 1U, 1.5U, 2U, or 3U CubeSats combination up to a maximum volume of 3U.<ref>{{cite web | title = NPS CubeSat Launcher Design, Process And Requirements | url = https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA501503.pdf | author = Matthew Richard Crook | year = 2009 | publisher = [[Naval Postgraduate School]] | access-date = 2009-12-30 | archive-date = 2012-08-25 | archive-url = https://www.webcitation.org/6ABSrbf2p?url=http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA501503 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Other CubeSat deployers exist, with the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer (NRCSD) on the International Space Station being the most popular method of CubeSat deployment as of 2014.<ref name="database">{{Cite web|title = CubeSat Database – swartwout|url = https://sites.google.com/a/slu.edu/swartwout/home/cubesat-database|website = sites.google.com|access-date = 2015-10-19}}</ref> Some CubeSat deployers are created by companies, such as the ISIPOD (Innovative Solutions In Space BV) or SPL (Astro und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH), while some have been created by governments or other non-profit institutions such as the X-POD ([[University of Toronto]]), T-POD ([[University of Tokyo]]), or the J-SSOD ([[JAXA]]) on the International Space Station.<ref>{{Cite web|title = CubeSat concept – eoPortal Directory – Satellite Missions|url = https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/cubesat-concept|website = directory.eoportal.org|access-date = 2015-10-19}}</ref> While the P-POD is limited to launching a 3U CubeSat at most, the NRCSD can launch a 6U ({{cvt|10x10x68.1|cm}}) CubeSat and the ISIPOD can launch a different form of 6U CubeSat ({{cvt|10x22.63x34.05|cm}}).

While nearly all CubeSats are deployed from a launch vehicle or the International Space Station, some are deployed by the primary payloads themselves. For example, [[FASTSAT]] deployed the [[NanoSail-D2]], a 3U CubeSat. This was done again with the [[Cygnus Mass Simulator]] as the primary payload launched on the maiden flight of the [[Antares (rocket)|Antares]] rocket, carrying and later deploying four CubeSats. For CubeSat applications beyond Earth's orbit, the method of deploying the satellites from the primary payload will also be adopted. Ten CubeSats were launched on the [[Artemis 1]], placing them in the vicinity of the [[Moon]]. [[InSight]], a [[Mars]] [[Lander (spacecraft)|lander]], also sent CubeSats beyond Earth orbit to use them as [[Communications satellites|relay communications satellites]]. Known as [[Mars Cube One|MarCO]] A and B, they are the first CubeSats sent beyond the [[Earth–Moon system]].

[[Chasqui I]] saw a unique deployment process, when it was deployed by hand during a spacewalk on the International Space Station in 2014.{{clear}}