![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116023904im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Researchers and Students to Develop Small CubeSat Satellites
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October 1, 2008
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A satellite about the size of a loaf of bread will be designed and built at the University of Michigan and deployed to study space weather, thanks to a new grant from the National Science Foundation.
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