CubeSat Launch Initiative
NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative provides opportunities for CubeSats built by U.S. educational institutions, and non-profit organizations, including informal educational institutions such as museums and science centers to fly on upcoming launches. Through innovative technology partnerships NASA provides these CubeSat developers a low-cost pathway to conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations in space, thus enabling students, teachers, and faculty to obtain hands-on flight hardware design, development, and build experience.
CSLI ELaNa Missions – Educational Launch of Nanosatellites
NASA’s Launch Services Program manifests CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) payloads with a variety of launch providers. Each launch with manifested CSLI payloads is called an ELaNa mission (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites) and is given an ELaNa mission number (e.g., ELaNa 49, ELaNa 50).
How to Apply
CSLI’s Announcements of Partnership Opportunity is typically released each August with proposals due in November.
NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative has launched over 150 CubeSats.
