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    Deep Space Atomic Clock

    The Deep Space Atomic Clock, or DSAC, was a technology demonstration of a small, ultra-precise, mercury-ion atomic clock launched into Earth orbit to test its potential as a next-generation tool for spacecraft navigation, radio science, and global positioning systems. .

    Launch date: June 25, 2019

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    TEMPEST-D

    TEMPEST-D was a technology demonstration mission to enable millimeter wave radiometer technologies on a low-cost, short development schedule. .

    Launch date: May 21, 2018

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    RainCube

    RainCube (Radar in a CubeSat) is a technology demonstration mission to enable Ka-band precipitation radar technologies on a low-cost, quick-turnaround platform. .

    Launch date: May 21, 2018

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    InSight

    InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to give the Red Planet its first thorough checkup since it formed 4 billion years ago. .

    Launch date: May 5, 2018

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    MarCO

    The twin communications-relay CubeSats, built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, constitute a technology demonstration called Mars Cube One (MarCO). .

    Launch date: May 5, 2018

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    ASTERIA

    ASTERIA (Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics) was a technology demonstration and opportunistic science mission to conduct astrophysical measurements using a CubeSat. .

    Launch date: Aug. 14, 2017

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    ASTERIA - Extended Mission

    Launch date: Aug. 14, 2017

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    IPEX

    The Intelligent Payload Experiment (IPEX) is a 1U CubeSat developed by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and JPL. .

    Launch date: Dec. 15, 2015

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    RACE

    The Radiometer Atmospheric CubeSat Experiment, or RACE, is a test of technology designed to improve NASA's Earth science and space exploration capabilities. .

    Launch date: Oct. 28, 2014

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    ISS-RapidScat

    The ISS-RapidScat instrument was a speedy and cost-effective replacement for NASA's QuikScat Earth satellite, which monitored ocean winds to provide essential measurements used in weather predictions, including hurricane monitoring. .

    Launch date: Sept. 21, 2014

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    OPALS

    The Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science, or OPALS, is a technology demonstration aboard the International Space Station designed to test the use of focused laser energy for space communications. .

    Launch date: April 18, 2014

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    GRAIL

    The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, mission was designed to create the most accurate gravitational map of the moon to date, which when combined with topographic data, can provide insight into the moon's internal structure, composition and evolution. .

    Launch date: Sept. 10, 2011

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