# A Guide to CubeSat Mission and Bus Design

4 Hacker News commenters recommended A Guide to CubeSat Mission and Bus Design and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Approachable coverage of key CubeSat technical analyses. Caveat: US-centric and some advice tied to one kit.

## Why people recommend it

- Covers key technical analyses approachably (1 comments): "this book provides a lot of the key technical analyses in a really approachable way" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923804))
- Endorses F' for small satellites (1 comments): "The book is spot on that F' is where it's at for the future of Small Satellites" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47920619))

## What people warn about

- Some advice specific to one kit (1 comments): "some of the recommendations in here are specific to one particular kit for building CubeSats the authors are responsible for" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47918792))
- US-centric, needs wider research (1 comments): "this book is rather US-centric, and will be incomplete without some wider research" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47918681))

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## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+Guide+to+CubeSat+Mission+and+Bus+Design&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "A Guide to CubeSat Mission and Bus Design", https://hackerapproved.com/p/a-guide-to-cubesat-mission-and-bus-design/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).