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several high-level goals. The main reason for miniaturizing satellites is to reduce the cost of deployment: they are often suitable for launch in multiples, using the excess capacity of larger launch vehicles. The CubeSat design specifically minimizes risk to the rest of the launch vehicle and payloads. Encapsulation of the launcher-payload interface takes away the amount of work that would previously be required for mating a piggyback satellite with its launcher. Unification among payloads

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