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CubeSat started life as a student engineering challenge: build a satellite that can fit in a little toy box. But now, as Tim Harford explains, these tiny satellites are changing the way we use space – and economics.
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BBC World Service South Asia
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Illustration of a CubeSat (Credit: Getty Images)
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