SBUDNIC explained

SBUDNIC was a 3U (one unit) CubeSat designed and built by an interdisciplinary group of undergraduate and graduate students at Brown University and the National Research Council of Italy, for research and educational purposes. The satellite was an open-source hardware project designed to be cheaply and easily reproduced, using commercial off-the-shelf parts like an Arduino Nano and AA Energizer batteries.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The project was financed by Brown's Undergraduate Finance Board, the National Research Council of Italy, and Rhode Island's NASA Space Grant Consortium.^[5] The satellite was deployed from D-Orbit's ION Satellite Carrier on the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter 5 mission.^[6]

The satellite decayed from orbit on 10 August 2023.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: SBUDNIC . 10 August 2023 . 19 August 2023 . N2YO.com.
2. News: Engineering Department Press . Brown University . CNR and Brown University School of Engineering announce the launch of a satellite . Engineering Brown University . en.
3. News: Russo . Amy . Fashioned from AA batteries: Brown students launch satellite on Elon Musk's rocket . The Providence Journal.
4. Web site: SBUDNIC . Gunter's Space Page . en.
5. Web site: SBUDNIC.
6. Web site: SBUDNIC. Nanosats Database.