Two student-built CubeSats developed through a Cal Poly Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ-led university collaboration launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Oct. 13, bound for the International Space Station as part of NASA’s . The satellites are part of the program, which uses an open-source spacecraft platform developed at CPP to give students hands-on experience building and operating satellites while testing communications technology. PROVES-Taygeta, developed by CPP’s Bronco Space Lab and Mt. San Antonio College, carries a camera and radiation-sensing experiment, while PROVES-Maia, built by Texas State University using CPP’s platform, will test amateur radio communications and potentially relay messages between satellites.
This article was originally published on on October 13, 2026.