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What Tiny Satellites Can Tell Us About Our Climate

Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology at UMBC

Now we’re going to look at an innovation in how we monitor the earth from space.  Dr. Vanderlei Martins is a professor of physics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He’s tells us more about a type of satellite, called a CubeSat – so small you could carry it in a backpack.  

Martins is the principal investigator of new project that uses this technology. He's working with students, professors and NASA engineers and scientists to build a CubeSat that will investigate aerosol particles and clouds in the atmosphere.  

More of the interview here:

C_NASA_WEB_EXTRA.mp3

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.